Title :
Teleconsulting: A medical application based on IP multimedia subsystem technology for ambient assisted living
Author :
Moreno, Pedro Antonio ; Hernando, M. Elena ; Gómez, Enrique J. ; Egido, Ruth Pallarés del ; Matilla, Óscar Blanco ; De Poorter, Antoine ; Ortiz, Alberto Hernández ; Vidal, Francisco González
Author_Institution :
Bioeng. & Telemedicine Group (GBT), Tech. Univ. of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
Ageing population is increasing compared to general population. Related to this is appearing a group of social-healthcare services to promote health and wellness in elderly, known as Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) technology can help to face this challenge providing a service and networks convergence. IMS offers a group of common services which can be reused in different applications, and enable the use of the same application over any device, anywhere and anytime. In this paper we describe a medical application that shows how IMS can be used to create this kind of AAL services. It is based on a medical home teleconsulting between a patient and a doctor that the user could have from his own home avoiding trips and supporting independent life.
Keywords :
health care; telemedicine; IP Multimedia Subsystem technology; ageing population; ambient assisted living; medical application; social healthcare services; teleconsulting; wellness; Aging; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical imaging; Diseases; Health information management; Information security; Management training; Medical services; Multimedia systems; Senior citizens; AAL; IMS; ageing people; enablers; medical teleconsulting; multimedia services; network-service convergence;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, 2009. ISABEL 2009. 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bratislava
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4640-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4641-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2009.5373668
