Title :
An Assisted Living Oriented Information System Based on a Residential Wireless Sensor Network
Author :
Virone, G. ; Wood, A. ; Selavo, L. ; Cao, Q. ; Fang, L. ; Doan, T. ; He, Z. ; Stoleru, R. ; Lin, S. ; Stankovic, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA
Abstract :
This paper deals with a new medical information system called Alarm Net designed for smart healthcare. Based on an advanced Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), it specifically targets assisted-living residents and others who may benefit from continuous and remote health monitoring. We present the advantages, objectives, and status of the system built at the Department of Computer Science at UVA. Early results of the prototype suggest a strong potential for WSNs to open new research perspectives for ad hoc deployment of multi-modal sensors and improved quality of medical care
Keywords :
health care; home automation; intelligent sensors; medical information systems; patient care; patient monitoring; remote sensing; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; Alarm Net; WSN; assisted-living residents; medical care; medical information system; multimodal sensors; remote health monitoring; residential wireless sensor network; smart healthcare; Biomedical monitoring; Computer science; Computerized monitoring; Information systems; Medical information systems; Medical services; Multimodal sensors; Prototypes; Remote monitoring; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare, 2006. D2H2. 1st Transdisciplinary Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0058-9
DOI :
10.1109/DDHH.2006.1624806
