This book reviews existing sensor technologies that are now being coupled with computational
intelligence for the remote monitoring of physical activity and ex vivo biosignatures. In
today's frenetic world consumers are becoming ever more demanding: they want to control every
aspect of their lives and look for options specifically tailored to their individual needs. In
many cases suppliers are catering to these new demands as a result clothing food social
media fitness and banking services are all being democratised to the individual. Healthcare
provision has finally caught up to this trend and is currently being rebooted to offer
personalised solutions while simultaneously creating a more effective scalable and
cost-effective system for all. The desire for personalisation home monitoring and treatment
and provision of care in remote locations or in emerging and impoverished nations that lack a
fixed infrastructure is leading to the realisation that mobile technology might be the best
candidate for achieving these goals. A combination of several technological healthcare and
financial factors are driving this trend to create a new healthcare model that stresses
preventative 'health-care' rather than 'sick-care' and a shift from volume to value. Mobile
healthcare (mhealth) which could also be termed the internet of people refers to the
integration of sensors and smartphones to gather and interpret clinical data from patients in
real-time. Most importantly with an ageing population suffering multiple morbidities mhealth
could provide healthcare solutions to enhance chronically ill patients' quality of life.
