Preliminary Study on Wellbeing and Healthcare Services Needs in Japan and Finland for Telehealth Solutions Based on Dwelling

The Japanese and Finnish healthcare systems have several longstanding challenges from the scattered data in storing databases due to location sensitivity and sometimes unequal services for their users. In addition to the data itself, location plays another role for the citizens living in urban or rural areas. They suffer from different well-being outcomes as stress and sedentary lifestyles have presented negative impacts on the urban dwellers. As remote work and technological solutions have become more common, in this conceptual research, we explore the general healthcare and living area challenges and how to make services more equal to everyone. We also discuss the possible telehealth solutions and how, for example, wearable body sensors’ use could offer improvements to the availability and accessibility of healthcare services.