Exploring New Opportunities for Mental Healthcare Through the Internet of Things (IoT)

Gert B. Folkerts*, Rogier van de Wetering, Rachelle Bosua, Remko W. Helms

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Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) provide new opportunities for healthcare to enhance the quality of life and safety of mental-health patients. However, only limited studies explore how IoT can be adopted to this end, and this study tries to fill this particular gap. This research includes a literature reviewand five cases with semi-constructed interviews that position the use and adoption of IoT applications in Dutch mental healthcare. This paper presents an explorative, interpretative, and mainly qualita- tive multiple case study. The outcomes show that privacy, security, knowledge of new technology, and opposition from traditional medical professionals are essen- tial factors that currently reduce the acceptance of IoT in mental healthcare and lead to low IoT use. Keywords:
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHealth Information Science - 9th International Conference, HIS 2020, Proceedings
EditorsZhisheng Huang, Siuly Siuly, Hua Wang, Rui Zhou, Yanchun Zhang
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
Chapter4
Pages35-46
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-61951-0
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-61950-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event9th International Conference on Health Information Systems - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 20 Oct 202023 Oct 2020
Conference number: 9
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-61951-0.pdf

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series
Volume12435
ISSN0302-9743
SeriesInformation Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI
Volume12435

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Health Information Systems
Abbreviated titleHIS 2020
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period20/10/2023/10/20
Internet address

Keywords

  • internet of things
  • iot
  • mental healthcare
  • privacy
  • sensors

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