Technologies have become integrated with our lives and smart technologies have become ubiquitous features from monitoring driving behaviours to smart homes to learn personal preferences. These novel technologies will change how we deliver health care, shifting from discrete assessments to continuous streaming of human health insights. The ability for governments and individuals to assess, analyze and act on near real-time information will support the development of health promotion programs, adaptation to environmental and climate changes and ensure population and individual level of health monitoring.
In collaboration with Health Canada a report was written on the latest up-and-coming technologies in the fields of environment and health for Pan-Canadian monitoring and surveillance systems leveraging novel technologies in December 2018. The UbiLab team completed a literature review and developed unique use cases for the use of technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, environmental sensors and alert systems that combined environmental and health data, as well as included recommendations and proposed data architecture for the technologies. The completed report, Climate Change and Health: Overview of Blockchain and Internet of Things was delivered to Health Canada in March 2019.
Last updated: March 11, 2020