Health 4.0: How Virtualization and Big Data are Revolutionizing Healthcare

Dr. Christoph Thuemmler, PhD is Professor of eHealth at Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Christoph studied Medicine, Political Science and Educational Sciences at Heidelberg University and State University of New York at Stony Brook New York. After completion of a PhD on cerebral hemodynamics at the department of Neurology at Heidelberg Medical School he underwent specialist training as a General Physician and developed a special interest in Emergency Medicine and Care of the Elderly. He has 20 years of clinical experience. Christoph has been working in the eHealth domain since the late 90ies. He has built an international reputation in the field and served as an expert to the European Commission on the advisory board of the EU-China Round Table on the Internet of Things and is now active in the European advance towards the 5th generation of mobile network technologies (5G). Christoph has a strong interest in the virtualization of care, cyber-physical systems and software to data strategies in distributed architectures in the health domain. His application research is concerned with Individualized Medicine, smart pharmaceuticals, hospital to home strategies and supply chain management.  Professor Chunxue Bai is known for his pioneering work of a cell phone-based remote monitoring system for lung function and has developed a system for management of chronic airway diseases. He is the author of over 420 publications in prestigious nationally and internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals, and has been invited to write more than 30 chapters in reference books and editorials in journals. Dr Bai has been invited to more than 40 international conferences (ATS, ERS, APSR) and academic institutions throughout the world, to present his results of research for esteemed participants.

The Case for Health 4.0.- Design Principles of Health 4.0 Architectures.- Data Traffic Forecast in Health 4.0.- Smart Pharmaceuticals in Asthma and COPD Care.- Surgery 4.0.- Focus On The End User--The Approach to Consumer-Centered Healthcare.- Virtualization of Health Care: The Role of Capacity Building.- E-Health in China.- Mobile Edge Computing.- A Health 4.0 based Approach towards the Management of Multiple Sclerosis.- Towards Trust and Governance in Integrated Health and Social Care Platforms.- Security for Cyber-Physical Systems in Healthcare.