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

fYear

2010

fDate

12-14 April 2010

Firstpage

798

Lastpage

803

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2010 Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6270-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITNG.2010.131

Filename

5501683