Title :
PERSEIA: a Biomedical Wireless Sensor Network to Support Healthcare Delivery for the Elderly and Chronically Ill
Author :
Jimenez-Fernandez, Silvia ; Araujo-Pinto, Alvaro ; De Rojas, Antonio Cobo-Sanchez ; Pozo-Guerrero, Francisco Del ; Nieto-Taladriz, Octavio ; De Toledo-Heras, Paula ; Moya-Fernandez, Jose Manuel
Author_Institution :
Bioeng. & Telemedicine Res. Centre, Tech. Univ. of Madrid
Abstract :
This paper presents a system based on ambient intelligence (AmI) to foster home care monitoring of senior citizens and chronically ill patients. The most important fact addressed in this research is the development of non intrusive and easy to use sensing devices. According to this, medical tests do not need user collaboration to perform them, neither powering on and off the sensor, starting the measure, configuring communications, etc
Keywords :
geriatrics; health care; patient care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; PERSEIA; ambient intelligence; biomedical wireless sensor network; chronically ill patients; healthcare delivery; home care monitoring; medical tests; senior citizens; sensing devices; Ambient intelligence; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Collaboration; Medical services; Medical tests; Patient monitoring; Performance evaluation; Senior citizens; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259247
