Title :
A Context-Aware Traveler Healthcare Service (THS) System
Author :
Kim, Hwa-Jong ; Jo, Heui-Sug
Author_Institution :
Ubiquitous Kangwon Policy Office
fDate :
Nov. 29 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Abstract :
In the paper, we introduce a new context-aware traveler healthcare service (THS) system and compared it with ordinary emergency healthcare system. Until now, any disease or injury during a trip was regarded as an emergency and the patient is usually sent back to the closest hospital having an emergency room. With the ordinary emergency healthcare service, the traveler may suffer from high cost due to unnecessary additional emergency treatment or improper treatment because of insufficient personal health information. However, a traveler may receive a more convenient (and efficient) healthcare service if pertinent context information for the traveler is provided, for example location of the patient, sex, age or important medical history. We propose the architecture of a context-aware THS system which can be used in a tourist region and explain its operations
Keywords :
emergency services; health care; medical information systems; patient treatment; ubiquitous computing; context-aware traveler healthcare service system; emergency treatment; personal health information; pertinent context information; tourist region; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Context-aware services; History; Hospitals; Injuries; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Medical treatment; Parasitic diseases;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops, 2006
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1085-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1086-X
DOI :
10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361682
