This talk has been presented in November 2017: Katarzyna Wac, Connecté Pour Mieux Vivre, Careers and Opportunities Network Cafe titled "Nouvelles Technologies de l'information: En Finir Avec Les Préjugés", University of Geneva, Switzerland, Nov 2017. Thank You for referencing this work, if you find it useful! Reference/Citation for a latest scientific paper related to this talk: Katarzyna Wac, From Quantified Self to Quality of Life, Book Chapter in "Digital Health", Health Informatics, Springer Nature, p. 83-108, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2018.

1. Digital Health &
Quality of Life Technologies Lab
Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Wac
Katarzyna.Wac@unige.

2. Optimization Problem
Lui et al. Patient-reported outcomes in surgery: Listening to patients improves quality of care, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, March 2017

3. WHOQOL Group. "The World Health Organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): Position paper from the World Health Organization." Social Science & Medicine 41.10 (1995): 1403-1409.
Huber, M., Knottnerus, J. A., Green, L., et al. (2011). How should we define health? BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 343, d4163. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d4163
Katarzyna Wac, Maddalena Fiordelli, Mattia Gustarini, Homero Rivas, Quality of Life Technologies: Experiences from the Field and Key Research Challenges, IEEE Internet Computing, 2015.
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Health & Quality of Life
Self-management

4. Jun 2010 2011 2012
2013
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2014
2015 2016 2017
Example Patient Journey: Physical Activity
Profile (Steps)
serious accident
recovered activity
pain
pain
surgery
recovered activity
pain

5. Feb 2017 Sep 2017
medication change medication change
good sleep
poor sleep
good sleep
Example Patient Journey: Sleep Profile
(Hours)

6. Example Patient Journey: Blood Glucose Profile
May1
6
Apr17
diet change
medication change
stress
awareness of foods

7. m-health
Service Provider
Mobile Network
Operator
Care Professional (specialist)
Patient(s)
Care Professional
Internet
mhealth example (2003)
Katarzyna Wac et al., IEEE JSAC, 2009 and IEEE TMC, 2012, van Halteren, Bults, Wac et al., JITH, 2004

8. Assessing Other States/Behaviours
Katarzyna Wac, From Quantified Self to Quality of Life, Book Chapter in "Digital Health - Scaling Healthcare to the World", Health Informatics, Springer Nature, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2017.

9. mhealth example (2020)
m-health
Service Provider
Mobile Network
Operator
Care Professional (specialist)
Patient(s)
Care Professional
Internet
Katarzyna Wac, Maddalena Fiordelli, Mattia Gustarini, Homero Rivas, Quality of Life Technologies: Experiences from the Field and Key Research Challenges, IEEE Internet Computing, 2015.

10. Quality of Life Technologies Lab
(established 2010)
Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Wac
Katarzyna.Wac@unige.
ch www.qol.unige.ch