Entrust: usEr ceNtric plaTform foR continoUS healThcare

The continuous growth in the worldwide demand for medical services pushes the traditional model of hospital care towards a more sustainable one which makes continuous monitoring of health status as well as remote treatment of diseases (where possible) feasible. In this context, the synergic exploitation of well-established paradigms such as Internet of Things (IoT), Wearable Computing and Edge Intelligence (EI) within a single platform can represent a game-changer with respect to the current smart healthcare scenario. In this paper we introduce ENTRUST (usEr ceNtric plaTform foR continoUS healThcare), an innovative solution pivoted around a seamless edge-cloud architecture and a simulation-based approach for the development of next-generation, daily healthcare services. The system desiderata and challenges towards its implementation are hence discussed and a use case reported to exemplify the envisioned ENTRUST approach.