Title :
IT in home health care — A case study Advantages and disadvantages with mobile information support
Author :
Nylander, Stina ; Hardenborg, Niklas
Author_Institution :
Swedish Inst. of Comput. Sci., Kista
fDate :
Jan. 30 2008-Feb. 1 2008
Abstract :
We present a case study of an application for supporting home health care practitioners in their work. Groups of practitioners have been interviewed as well as representatives for the sales organization. Below the application is presented as well as work practices before and after the introduction of the system and perceived benefits of the system.
Keywords :
health care; home computing; information management; medical information systems; mobile computing; home health care; information management; mobile information support; sales organization; Calendars; Computer science; Documentation; Health information management; Information technology; Management information systems; Medical services; Meeting planning; Mobile computing; Scheduling; home health care; information management; mobile IT; technology in work places; user-centered design;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2008. PervasiveHealth 2008. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tampere
Print_ISBN :
978-963-9799-15-8
DOI :
10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571070
