Middlecare: middleware technology for home-based chronic patient shared care

Author

Gómez, E.J. ; Pozo, F. Del ; Hemando, M.E. ; de Toledo, P. ; García-Olaya, A. ; Cáceres, C. ; Jiménez, S. ; Rodríguez, S.

Author_Institution

Grupo Bioingenieria y Telemedicina, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

1900

Abstract

Home-based care of chronic patients cannot be efficiently provided away from shared care models. This paper introduces a middleware architecture to integrate technology-based home care services within shared care models. The architecture comprises a multi-access layer to provide seamless access to data and services; a computer-supported service for the care team collaboration; a wireless connectivity service to integrate telemonitoring sensors/devices and a security service. The middleware technology is developed and tested on three chronic care domains: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and HIV/AIDS care.

Keywords

home computing; middleware; patient care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; HIV-AIDS care; care team collaboration; chronic patients; computer-supported service; cooperative work services; diabetes; home telecare; home-based care; middlecare; middleware architecture; multiaccess layer; obstructive pulmonary disease; seamless access; security service; shared care models; telemonitoring sensors; wireless connectivity service; Collaboration; Communication system security; Computer architecture; Computer security; Data security; Diabetes; Diseases; Middleware; Testing; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053084

Filename

1053084