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use of ICT for active living and healthy lifestyle promotion plenarna predavanja | plenary lectures
of the working population
Marko Bajec
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of computer and information science, Večna pot
113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
The consequences of the demographic development, and especially the ag-
ing of the population, are evident in different areas, including work, retire-
ment, pensions, intergenerational transfers, health and healthcare costs, etc.
Although active and healthy living is also one of the factors that extend the life
expectancy, combined with some of the aforementioned challenges, it is at the
same time a prerequisite for maintaining a healthy society and, in combination
with adequate fertility, contributes the most to ensuring an adequate propor-
tion of the working population. In this lecture, I will focus on the importance
of modern information and communication technology (ICT) as a driver for an
active and healthy life. The usefulness of ICT will be demonstrated through four
projects in which I was involved related to this field. The first one, named The
smart city ecosystem or Ekosmart was actually a programme, consisting of six
projects related with electronic and mobile health and active and healthy life.
In principle these were research and development projects, their results repre-
sented an important starting points for the development of concrete solutions.
One of these was later developed as a part of the project SOSTOP, where a
comprehensive platform for remote monitoring and telemedicine treatment of
patients with non-communicable chronic diseases was implemented and pilot-
ed in collaboration with several companies and reference clinics. This was lat-
er upgraded in collaboration with institutions in the field of occupational health
and workplace health promotion in order to be used active and healthy lifestyle
promotion of the working-age population. The findings of this project were
used in the project named ZZZ where in two companies, different approach-
es related to the use of modern ICT were properly applied in healthcare pro-
motion activities. To conclude, a conceptual project called “Smart Health”, de-
signed in collaboration with a telecommunications company.
Key words: information communication technology, remote monitoring, smart
city, telemedicine
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of the working population
Marko Bajec
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of computer and information science, Večna pot
113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
The consequences of the demographic development, and especially the ag-
ing of the population, are evident in different areas, including work, retire-
ment, pensions, intergenerational transfers, health and healthcare costs, etc.
Although active and healthy living is also one of the factors that extend the life
expectancy, combined with some of the aforementioned challenges, it is at the
same time a prerequisite for maintaining a healthy society and, in combination
with adequate fertility, contributes the most to ensuring an adequate propor-
tion of the working population. In this lecture, I will focus on the importance
of modern information and communication technology (ICT) as a driver for an
active and healthy life. The usefulness of ICT will be demonstrated through four
projects in which I was involved related to this field. The first one, named The
smart city ecosystem or Ekosmart was actually a programme, consisting of six
projects related with electronic and mobile health and active and healthy life.
In principle these were research and development projects, their results repre-
sented an important starting points for the development of concrete solutions.
One of these was later developed as a part of the project SOSTOP, where a
comprehensive platform for remote monitoring and telemedicine treatment of
patients with non-communicable chronic diseases was implemented and pilot-
ed in collaboration with several companies and reference clinics. This was lat-
er upgraded in collaboration with institutions in the field of occupational health
and workplace health promotion in order to be used active and healthy lifestyle
promotion of the working-age population. The findings of this project were
used in the project named ZZZ where in two companies, different approach-
es related to the use of modern ICT were properly applied in healthcare pro-
motion activities. To conclude, a conceptual project called “Smart Health”, de-
signed in collaboration with a telecommunications company.
Key words: information communication technology, remote monitoring, smart
city, telemedicine
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