Towards pervasive computing in health care – A literature review

Table 10 Systems functions

Functions	n (%)	References
Analytical and diagnostic support	40 (60%)	[22–24, 26–32, 35, 37, 41, 42, 45–52, 57–62, 64–69, 77, 79–82, 85, 87, 88, 91]
Alerting	31 (46%)	[13, 21–24, 27, 29, 30, 33–36, 39, 41–45, 47, 48, 58, 60–62, 64, 68–72, 77, 83, 85, 88]
Support activities	23 (34%)	[13, 21–23, 26, 30, 35, 38, 40, 45, 48, 53, 57, 60, 70–74, 76, 81, 82, 85, 86]
Information and documentation	21 (31%)	[13, 23, 27, 43, 44, 46, 48, 54, 55, 61, 63, 64, 74–76, 78–83, 88, 91]
Process automation	11 (16%)	[13, 39, 43, 44, 55, 56, 73, 76, 79, 81, 82, 84, 91]
Medical treatment	0

Note: Multiple entries in different categories are possible. The percentages refer to all 67 systems reviewed.

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