DocumentCode
3137413
Title
Mobile Healthcare in the Home Environment
Author
Price, Sheila ; Summers, Ron
Author_Institution
Res. Sch. of Informatics, Loughborough Univ.
fYear
2006
fDate
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Firstpage
6446
Lastpage
6448
Abstract
Mobile healthcare provision in the home environment presents many challenges. Patients are becoming more informed about the management of chronic conditions and the use of technology to support the process is rising. Issues such as system interoperability, cost, security and training all have to be addressed to ensure effective use of mobile devices within the home healthcare arena. An aging population will impact upon traditional healthcare delivery methods
Keywords
geriatrics; health care; mobile communication; telemedicine; aging population; home environment; mobile devices; mobile healthcare; security; system interoperability; Biomedical informatics; Cities and towns; Condition monitoring; Costs; Medical services; Mobile communication; Patient monitoring; Security; Technology management; USA Councils;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New York, NY
ISSN
1557-170X
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN
1557-170X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260722
Filename
4463287
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