Technological Ecosystems in Care and Assistance: A Systematic Literature Review
Applying the concepts of technological ecosystems to the care and assistance domain is an emerging field that has gained interest during the last years, as they allow to describe the complex relationships between actors in a technologically boosted care domain. In that context, this paper presents a...
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| description | Applying the concepts of technological ecosystems to the care and assistance domain is an emerging field that has gained interest during the last years, as they allow to describe the complex relationships between actors in a technologically boosted care domain. In that context, this paper presents a systematic review and mapping of the literature to identify, analyse and classify the published research carried out to provide care and assistance services under a technological ecosystems’ perspective. Thirty-seven papers were identified in the literature as relevant and analysed in detail (between 2003⁻2018). The main findings show that it is indeed an emerging field, as few of the found ecosystem proposals have been developed in the real world nor have they been tested with real users. In addition, a lot of research to date reports the proposal of platform-centric architectures developed over existing platforms not specifically developed for care and services provision. Employed sensor technologies for providing services have very diverse natures depending on the intended services to be provided. However, many of these technologies do not take into account medical standards. The degree of the ecosystems’ openness to adding new devices greatly depends on the approach followed, such as the type of middleware considered. Thus, there is still much work to be done in order to equate other more established ecosystems such as business or software ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e11196350564601b6296634805316d82022-12-22T03:58:46ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-02-0119370810.3390/s19030708s19030708Technological Ecosystems in Care and Assistance: A Systematic Literature ReviewSamuel Marcos-Pablos0Francisco José García-Peñalvo1GRIAL Research Group, Research Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, SpainGRIAL Research Group, Research Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, SpainApplying the concepts of technological ecosystems to the care and assistance domain is an emerging field that has gained interest during the last years, as they allow to describe the complex relationships between actors in a technologically boosted care domain. In that context, this paper presents a systematic review and mapping of the literature to identify, analyse and classify the published research carried out to provide care and assistance services under a technological ecosystems’ perspective. Thirty-seven papers were identified in the literature as relevant and analysed in detail (between 2003⁻2018). The main findings show that it is indeed an emerging field, as few of the found ecosystem proposals have been developed in the real world nor have they been tested with real users. In addition, a lot of research to date reports the proposal of platform-centric architectures developed over existing platforms not specifically developed for care and services provision. Employed sensor technologies for providing services have very diverse natures depending on the intended services to be provided. However, many of these technologies do not take into account medical standards. The degree of the ecosystems’ openness to adding new devices greatly depends on the approach followed, such as the type of middleware considered. Thus, there is still much work to be done in order to equate other more established ecosystems such as business or software ecosystems.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/3/708systematic literature reviewtechnological ecosystemscare and assistance technologies |
| spellingShingle | Samuel Marcos-Pablos Francisco José García-Peñalvo Technological Ecosystems in Care and Assistance: A Systematic Literature Review Sensors systematic literature review technological ecosystems care and assistance technologies |
| title | Technological Ecosystems in Care and Assistance: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_full | Technological Ecosystems in Care and Assistance: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Technological Ecosystems in Care and Assistance: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technological Ecosystems in Care and Assistance: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_short | Technological Ecosystems in Care and Assistance: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_sort | technological ecosystems in care and assistance a systematic literature review |
| topic | systematic literature review technological ecosystems care and assistance technologies |
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