Title :
Towards the Design of a Generic Systems Architecture for Remote Patient Monitoring
Author :
Bratan, T. ; Clarke, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Information Syst., Comput. & Mathematics, Brunel Univ., Uxbridge
Abstract :
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) of vital signs offers the potential to provide high quality care to elderly and chronically ill people in their home environment, while making effective use of healthcare resources. However, among other factors, the lack of technical, clinical and organisational interoperability of RPM systems has hindered integration into mainstream healthcare. This research offers work towards defining stakeholders and their requirements for the design of a generic systems architecture that fits various types of remote patient monitoring and can be deployed in different healthcare systems. Requirements are specified not only for technical compatibility with other systems, but also for clinical and organizational compatibility with healthcare professionals´ routines and power structures
Keywords :
geriatrics; health care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; chronically ill people; clinical compatibility; elderly people; generic systems architecture; healthcare resources; home environment; organizational compatibility; remote patient monitoring; Biomedical monitoring; Computer architecture; Humans; Information systems; Law; Legal factors; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Senior citizens; Telematics; Remote patient monitoring; interoperability; requirements; stakeholders;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616353
