Title :
IHE-Compliant Mobile Application for Integrated Home Healthcare of Elderly People
Author :
Mayr, Herwig ; Franz, Barbara ; Mayr, Margit
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf., Commun. & Media, Upper Austria Univ. of Appl. Sci., Hagenberg, Austria
Abstract :
We present the current status and the interim results of our e-Care / e-Care Mobile project, which aims at better integration of home healthcare with institutional health-care (hospitals, nursing homes) through mobile devices. We develop a software system for such devices that enables access and update of healthcare records stored on an IHE-compliant server. We give details on the necessary adaptation of the healthcare workflow, usability aspects, and the generalization of our system through models. First results from pilot users are also presented.
Keywords :
geriatrics; health care; human computer interaction; mobile computing; IHE-compliant mobile application; e-Care mobile project; elderly people; healthcare records; healthcare workflow; institutional health-care; integrated home healthcare; mobile devices; usability aspects; Biomedical informatics; Cities and towns; Demography; Documentation; Hospitals; Information technology; Medical services; Mobile communication; Protocols; Senior citizens; IHE; home healthcare; integrated patient data exchange; mobile application; nursing care;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2010 Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6270-4
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2010.131
