My camera, my buddy? legal and sociological assessment of the potential of video surveillance in eHomeCare

Author

Verhenneman, G. ; Veys, A.

Author_Institution

Interdiscipl. Centre for Law & ICT, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2009

fDate

4-7 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Cameras will soon be installed inside patients´ homes for health purposes. Although the positive effects of the use of cameras on patients in homecare has been demonstrated, it also makes care more privacy intrusive, capturing us on film in our most personal, most intimate environment. This paper examines the possibilities, opportunities and challenges video surveillance presents in eHomeCare from two angles, balancing legal and social implications. This will be studied by means of a theoretical analysis and a multi-user case study in a care network. The case study was conducted by using a proxy technology approach.

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; health care; law; patient monitoring; social sciences; video surveillance; cameras; care network; eHomeCare; legal assessment; legal implications; multi-user case study; proxy technology; social implications; sociological assessment; video surveillance; Cameras; Data privacy; Fabrics; Law; Legal factors; Monitoring; Social implications of technology; US Department of Transportation; Video surveillance; Visualization; Care; Dependency; Multi-user; Personal data; Privacy; Proxy technology assessment; Video surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2009. ITAB 2009. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Larnaca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5379-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5379-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394346

Filename

5394346