Search 1
- Search: Healtcare Technology (full-text & peer-reviewed)
- Database: Library Literature & Information Science Index
- # of Results: 25
- Annotation: Lund, B. (2022). Policy Before Technology: Don’t Outkick the Coverage. Information Technology & Libraries, 41(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v41i1.14773 This article looks at how eager we can be to implement new technologies without thinking of the negative side effects. It says how we need to start with policy when implementing this technology instead of creating policy while the technology is in circulation. The peer-reviewed article gives a unique insight that I think will be useful to my research that can present the negative side of these technologies that at first glance seem to be only good.
- Relevancy: This search definitely brought some interesting results that I think will be useful in my research. Although the article I selected doesn’t focus exclusively on medical technologies it brings a unique perspective on the risks of new technologies which I think is always something that is necessary to take into consideration. There were definitely some articles that were not of use but overall I would say this was a useful search.
Search 2
- Search: Healthcare AND Technology (full-text & peer-reviewed)
- Database: Library Literature & Information Science Index
- # of Results: 108
- Annotation: Banerjee, S. (Sy), Hemphill, T., & Longstreet, P. (2018). Wearable devices and healthcare: Data sharing and privacy. Information Society, 34(1), 49–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2017.1391912 This article covers multiple aspects of wearable devices. It mostly covers privacy in this case the lack of because of this pervasive technology. It explains how we have tried mitigating privacy risk by analyzing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and providing recommendations for improving privacy. I am not sure how much of this information will be useful in my research but there is definitely some interesting information in it.
- Relevancy: This search was obviously very similar to my first one, except I thought it would provide additional results if I separated the terms and used them in a boolean search. Although this did provide more results than my first search many of the articles were not very helpful. There were a few that looked like they could be useful, but for the most part I don’t think that this was a very good search.
Search 3
- Search: Healthcare AND Ubiquitous Computing (full-text & 2010-2022)
- Database: PubMed
- # of Results: 200
- Annotation: Griebel, L., Prokosch, H. U., Köpcke, F., Toddenroth, D., Christoph, J., Leb, I., Engel, I., & Sedlmayr, M. (2015). A scoping review of cloud computing in healthcare. BMC medical informatics and decision making, 15, 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-015-0145-7 This review looks at ubiquitous and cloud computing innovations in the healthcare field. The objective was to analyze the popular areas of research and the current state of cloud computing in healthcare. The article was published in 2015 and looks at six topics of interest on the subject. Although the sample size was small given when the research was conducted when the technology was just becoming prominent, I think it includes useful information about the benefits and drawbacks of this technology.
- Relevancy: This was my first time using PubMed as a database and there were loads of results. I was able to narrow down what I wanted out of my search pretty far and still have a good amount of articles to look choose from. I didn’t scroll through all 200 results but for the most part it looked like it was filled with pretty good information, so I would call this a successful search.
Search 4
- Search: Sports AND Ubiquitous Computing (full-text & 2010-2022)
- Database: PubMed
- # of Results: 43
- Annotation: Voicu, R. A., Dobre, C., Bajenaru, L., & Ciobanu, R. I. (2019). Human Physical Activity Recognition Using Smartphone Sensors. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 19(3), 458. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19030458 The most common form of ubiquitous computing is the computer that we all keep in our pockets. This article looks at using smartphones to track specific types of activity from walking to asceding and descending stairs. The main purpose is assist the elderly and to enhance the quality of assisted living. The study shows that that the system was very accurate when it comes to recognizing activity, and therefore is a useful product.
- Relevancy: This search wasn’t quite as useful as the last one but nonetheless there was helpful information in it. Although the article I picked out I think is very useful in my research and I plan on using it on my final proposal.
Search 5
- Search: Professional Sports AND Technology (full-text & 2010-2022)
- Database: PubMed
- # of Results: 739
- Annotation: This article reviewed the current application of ubiquitous computing as sensors in sports medicine and some potential future uses of it. The review was the result of a culmination of studies that looked at different ways and outcomes movement sensors are used. It does conclude that wearable devices can be very valuable in monitoring sports performance, but the use of them is limited.
- Relevancy: Obviously this search produced a lot of results, probably because technology is a pretty broad term. Originally I tried pairing “ubiquitous computing” with professional sports but that only brought back 3 results, so I figured I needed to broaden out my search a bit. I might have went to far because I did have to scroll a decent amount to find topics that are actually relevant to my topic. At this point in my research I wouldn’t say I have reached total saturation. I think I will need to continue doing some searches but the articles I found today did go a long way in providing very useful information.