Speech Recognition Driven Assistive Framework for Remote Patient Monitoring Health care resources have started to become scarce due to their increase in demand. Hospitals have begun to run out of space, forcing them to deny admission of patients. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has the potential to help citizens who suffer from chronic diseases and provide environments were easy to access healthcare is available. RPM allows people to receive the same amount of care without having to difficulties to find a spot at a hospital ward. However, some roadblocks end up preventing RPM from being implemented by more healthcare providers. Data integrity, user privacy, and high power consumption are some of these concerns. With data transmission and transaction, privacy and confidentiality have always been an issue. High power consumption is a concern due to RPMxe2x80x99s demand for continuous data collection. This paper proposes a framework that reinforces the RPM system to address these concerns. The design not only allows better data filtering for privacy but also a more responsive system with the use of controlled surveillance and speech recognition. Overall, this framework provides an opportunity for RPMs to be a viable implementation for healthcare providers.

TreC platform. An integrated and evolving care model for patients empowerment and data repository. Abstract   Introduction  Health care has been deeply revolutionized by the new wave of information and communication technology (ICT) development, particularly related to the electronicpersonal health record (PHR). The present paper describes the original design and implementation approach followed in the Trentino Province (Italy) to promote an Integrated Care Model for patientsxe2x80x99 empowerment and data repository, by means of an evolving Personal Health Record  PHR platform, named TreC (Trentino Citizens Clinical Record).    Materials and Methods  The TreC Platform is conceived as a communication hub among different stakeholders. The core assumption of the TreC platform strategy is to consider the citizenpatient as main manager and owner of both hisher own health and hisher contacts with the health care systems.    Results  Over the years, the TreC platform has represented the core pillar in the digitalization process promoted at Province level. This has been strategically embedded in the multifaceted egovernment strategy endorsed by the Province of Trento. So far (October 2018), more than 89,000 citizens within the Province of Trento are using TreC platform as a way to communicate with the health care system and access their own personal health records    Conclusions  The experience gained through the TreC platform implementation and its results are promising, supporting the idea that a PHR platform can represent a key driving factor in improving health care quality and efficiency, both from a patient and a health care staff perspective.