Harnessing Information Technology to Improve Self-Management Behaviours and Health Outcome in People With Heart Failure: A Smarthome Ecosystem Living Lab Study

CSANZ and ACRA Position Statement on Quality Use of Telehealth in Cardiovascular Care

S Cartledge, JC Rawstorn, C Bourne, CM Astley, H Akbar, K Bardsley, NK Bart, A Driscoll, R Eddington, A Goodman, T Hall, JM Hendriks, AC Scott, N Straiton, EE Thomas, U Tofi, D Candelaria, RA Clark, PM Davidson, R Gallagher

2026-03-01

ScreenTK: Seamless Detection of Time-Killing Moments Using Continuous Mobile Screen Text and On-Device LLMs

L Fang, S Zhang, H Jia, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

2024-10-05

Smartphones have become essential to people's digital lives, providing a continuous stream of information and connectivity. Howeve..

OOBKey: Key Exchange with Implantable Medical Devices Using Out-Of-Band Channels

M Zhang, E Marin, M Ryan, V Kostakos, T Murray, B Tag, D Oswald

2024-07-30

Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs) are widely deployed today and often use wireless communication. Establishing a secure communica..

A Tool for Capturing Smartphone Screen Text

S Teng, S D'Alfonso, V Kostakos

2024-05-11

Context sensing on smartphones is often used to understand user behaviour. Amongst the many available sensors, the collection of t..

Predicting Affective States from Screen Text Sentiment

S Teng, T Zhang, S D'Alfonso, V Kostakos

2024-01-01

The proliferation of mobile sensing technologies has enabled the study of various physiological and behavioural phenomena through ..

Use of thermal imaging to measure the quality of hand hygiene

C Wang, W Jiang, K Yang, Z Sarsenbayeva, B Tag, T Dingler, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

2023-09-01

Objectives: Hand hygiene has long been promoted as the most effective way to prevent the transmission of infection. However, due t..

Mapping 20 years of accessibility research in HCI: A co-word analysis

Z Sarsenbayeva, N van Berkel, D Hettiachchi, B Tag, E Velloso, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

2023-07-01

We employ hierarchical clustering, strategic diagrams, and network core–periphery analysis to assess and visualise the intellectua..

The Role of a Smart Health Ecosystem in Transforming the Management of Chronic Health Conditions

R Nourse, T Dingler, J Kelly, D Kwasnicka, R Maddison

2023-01-01

The effective management of chronic conditions requires an approach that promotes a shift in care from the clinic to the home, imp..

A System for Computational Assessment of Hand Hygiene Techniques

C Wang, W Jiang, K Yang, Z Sarsenbayeva, B Tag, T Dingler, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

2022-06-01

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a six-step hand hygiene technique. Although multiple studies have reported that thi..

What Could Possibly Go Wrong When Interacting with Proactive Smart Speakers? A Case Study Using an ESM Application

J Wei, B Tag, JR Trippas, T Dingler, V Kostakos

2022-04-29

Voice user interfaces (VUIs) have made their way into people's daily lives, from voice assistants to smart speakers. Although VUIs..

Hand Hygiene Quality Assessment Using Image-to-Image Translation

C Wang, K Yang, W Jiang, J Wei, Z Sarsenbayeva, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

2022-01-01

Hand hygiene can reduce the transmission of pathogens and prevent healthcare-associated infections. Ultraviolet (UV) test is an ef..

Understanding user perceptions of proactive smart speakers

J Wei, T Dingler, V Kostakos

2021-12-01

Voice assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa and Google Home, increasingly find their way into consumer homes. Their functionality, ho..

Electronic monitoring systems for hand hygiene: Systematic review of technology

C Wang, W Jiang, K Yang, D Yu, J Newn, Z Sarsenbayeva, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

2021-11-01

Background: Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways of preventing health care-associated infections and reducing their tran..

Team dynamics in hospital workflows: An exploratory study of a smartphone task manager

D Hettiachchi, L Hayes, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

2021-08-01

Background: Although convenient and reliable modern messaging apps like WhatsApp enable efficient communication among hospital sta..