Opportunities and Visions for Smart and Pervasive Health

The past decade has witnessed tremendous improvements in an expanding number of computing capabilities -sensors, advanced analytics, networks, data infrastructure, advanced imaging, and cyberphysical systems -that have, and will continue to, revolutionize health research, and healthcare, with resulting improvements in health and wellness. As the cost of healthcare, the prevalence of chronic disease, and the scope of healthcare disparities increase, so too do emerging paradigms in smart and pervasive health that rely on the growing availability and robustness of sensors, mobile health capabilities and real-time analytics. These paradigms offer holistic approaches to health and healthcare delivery for precision medicine, personalized healthcare, to improve prevention and control the growing expenses associated with chronic disease management and persistent healthcare disparities. This executive summary describes a roadmap for future research in Smart and Pervasive Health based on the conversations at the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Discovery and Innovation in Smart and Pervasive Health workshop in December 2016. It concludes with a list of recommendations to guide a comprehensive and collaborative approach. A full workshop report is forthcoming.