A mobile communications system for home-visit medical services: The Electronic Doctor´s Bag

Author

Yoshizawa, Makoto ; Yambe, Tomoyuki ; Konno, Satoshi ; Saijo, Yoshifumi ; Sugita, Norihiro ; Sugai, Telma Keiko ; Abe, Makoto ; Sonobe, Taro ; Katahira, Yoshiaki ; Nitta, Shin-ichi

Author_Institution

Cyberscience Center, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

5496

Lastpage

5499

Abstract

In the present study, “Electronic Doctor´s Bag” which is a tele-healthcare tool for home-visit medical service using the mobile communications environment has been proposed and evaluated by preliminary experiments. It was shown that its basic function was sufficiently evaluated by a few doctors and nurses but further improvement in portability and operability is required on the basis of much more opinions of medical and nursing professionals.

Keywords

biomedical engineering; health care; mobile communication; telemedicine; Electronic Doctor Bag; home-visit medical services; mobile communications environment; mobile communications system; telehealthcare tool; Electrocardiography; Hospitals; Internet; Medical diagnostic imaging; Mobile communication; Electrocardiography; Electronics, Medical; House Calls; Humans; Telemedicine; Ultrasonics; Video Recording;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626577

Filename

5626577