Title :
Context-aware eHealth information approach for the Brazilian primary healthcare system
Author :
Neto, Augusto ; Junior, J. ; Neuman, J. ; Cerqueira, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Appl. Math., Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
Abstract :
The eHealth technology will bring many benefits for patients, healthcare professionals, and institutions, especially in developing countries, such as Brazil. The eHealth solutions will enable faster, safer, and better healthcare services through the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) with eHealth issue. This paper gives an overview of the Context-Aware Mobile Approach (CAMA) on going research activities for eHealth environments. CAMA seeks to improve the Brazilian primary healthcare system through context-aware eHealth facilities, expecting to change the way that healthcare services are applied, managed, and maintained to achieve efficiency, safety, and reliability for both patients and hospital staffs.
Keywords :
health care; hospitals; medical information systems; ubiquitous computing; Brazilian primary healthcare system; CAMA; ICT; context-aware e-health facilities; context-aware e-health information approach; developing countries; e-health environments; health care services; hospital staff efficiency; hospital staff reliability; hospital staff safety; information and communication technologies; patient efficiency; patient reliability; patient safety; Context; Medical services; Mobile communication; Proposals; Real-time systems; Sensors; Temperature measurement; body sensor networks; context-awareness; eHealth; health information networking; remote patient monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
e-Health Networking, Applications & Services (Healthcom), 2013 IEEE 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5800-2
DOI :
10.1109/HealthCom.2013.6720682
