Title :
Healthcare services towards individualised wellness (i-wellness)
Author :
Prentza, A. ; Koutsouris, D. ; Maglavera, S. ; Maglaveras, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., NTUA, Athens
Abstract :
Information technology applications in medicine are rapidly expanding, and new methods and solutions are evolving since they are considered pivotal in the success of preventive medicine. In this paper two different concepts will be presented, the PANACEIA-iTV and the e-Vital concept. PANACEIA-iTV is a home care service provision system based on interactive TV technology and supported by the IST programme of the European Commission. The e-Vital service, supported by the eTEN programme of the European Commission, regards an integrated homecare and telemonitoring service chain aimed at large sensitive parts of the European population, the "at-risk" citizens. Both concepts developed a generic, flexible and adaptable framework for the combination of heterogeneous information sources and the creation of the individualised wellness (i-wellness) profile for prognostic purposes and early intervention
Keywords :
Internet; health care; information resources; interactive television; medical information systems; patient monitoring; telemedicine; PANACEIA-iTV; e-Vital concept; healthcare services; heterogeneous information sources; home care service provision system; individualised wellness; interactive TV technology; prognostic purposes; telemonitoring; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical monitoring; Broadcast technology; Decision support systems; Information technology; Laboratories; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Satellite broadcasting; TV;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616886
