Point-of-Care Technologies Enabling Next-Generation Healthcare Monitoring and Management

This book describes the emerging point-of-care (POC) technologies that are paving the way to the next generation healthcare monitoring and management. It provides the readers with comprehensive, up-to-date information about the emerging technologies, such as smartphone-based mobile healthcare technologies, smart devices, commercial personalized POC technologies, paper-based immunoassays (IAs), lab-on-a-chip (LOC)-based IAs, and multiplex IAs. The book also provides guided insights into the POC diabetes management software and smart applications, and the statistical determination of various bioanalytical parameters. Additionally, the authors discuss the future trends in POC technologies and personalized and integrated healthcare solutions for chronic diseases, such as diabetes, stress, obesity, and cardiovascular disorders. Each POC technology is described comprehensively and analyzed critically with its characteristic features, bioanalytical principles, applications, advantages, limitations, and future trends. This book would be a very useful resource and teaching aid for professionals working in the field of POC technologies, in vitro diagnostics (IVD), mobile healthcare, Big Data, smart technology, software, smart applications, biomedical engineering, biosensors, personalized healthcare, and other disciplines.

Sandeep K. Vashist is the Global R&D Director of IVD at Trivitron Healthcare Pvt. Ltd - Labsystems Diagnostics Oy. He was the Discovery and R&D Manager at IDS Immunodiagnostic Systems Deutschland GmbH, Germany; Head of Immunodiagnostics at Hahn-Schickard, Germany; and, Bioanalytical Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Ireland. He has invented, developed and successfully commercialized many point-of-care (POC), in vitro diagnostics (IVD), and smart technologies; hold several key patents; and, published more than 250 high impact factor journal and conference manuscripts, two books, and several book chapters. He is the Editor for several reputed scientific journals and has also Guest Edited several special issues. Further, he is acting as the international expert for several renowned organizations and funding agencies.

John H.T. Luong is Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Ireland. He was Head of Biomedical Engineering Division of Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and has published over 340 research papers and 10 patents. He has served as an editorial member and Guest Editor of several journals and has received over 19000 citations.