Monitoring Health and Behavior in an Ecological Environment with Digital Technologies

The healthcare system is facing a moment in which a rede nition of paradigm is of paramount importance to sustain the new challenges imposed by the current socioeconomic changes, such as the population aging and the increased incidence of chronic diseases. Digital technologies can contribute to moving health research and health care out of the laboratory and out of the hospital to monitor people in their living environments. We present several digital systems from our research portfolio, which we designed and validated in real-world conditions. Solutions range from wearable sensors and IoT objects for everyday use to integrated smart living environments. We illustrate their hardware design and data analysis pipelines from the perspective of their applicative domains. We describe applications that involve assistance to the older subjects and persons with motor impairment in everyday life, preventive interventions, and rehabilitation treatments.