Healthcare 4.0 : Pharmaceutical Advancement in the Digital Age

Awad, Atheer (EDT)/ Gaisford, Simon (EDT)

Academic Press Inc（2025/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 420 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780443137198
• DDC分類 338.476151

Full Description

Healthcare 4.0: Pharmaceutical Advancement in the Digital Age is a well-structured and easy to understand book that discusses digital health technologies in context of their pharmaceutical applications and the future they hold for this sector. The contents of the book are structured in four parts, covering digital health, software technologies, hardware technologies and the outlook and impact of these innovations to pharmaceutical care. Topics covered include artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, blockchain, computational modelling, Telemedicine and Telepharmacy, and virtual/augmented/mixed reality and associated hardware (such as sensors, robotics, smartphones and 3D printing). This book is the perfect resources for academics and corporate researchers in pharmacy, pharmacists, physicians and pharmacy technicians to better understand and position themselves to benefit from the technological developments impacting pharma.

Contents

Part I - Introduction
1. Introduction

Part II - Software
2. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
3. Computational modelling and finite element analysis
4. Blockchain and cloud computing
5. Quantum Computing
6. Telepharmacy and telemedicine
7. Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality

Part III - Hardware
8. IoT
9. Cyber-physical systems
10. Smartphones and apps
11. Sensors
12. Robotics
13. 3D printing
14. Autonomous Vehicles

Part IV - Future Perspectives
15. Challenges and outlook
16. The digital health loop
17. Conclusions and final remarks