Title :
Wireless System for Patient Home Monitoring
Author :
Marko, Hassinen ; Maija, Marttila-Kontio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Kuopio Univ.
Abstract :
Cost effectiveness is becoming the cornerstone in providing quality health care in aging populations. Information technology, when applied with care, can improve the productivity of health care facilities. One area where savings can be made is patient monitoring in situations where hospitalization is not otherwise needed. This paper describes a secure wireless home monitoring system that can be applied to various kinds of health care monitoring tasks
Keywords :
health care; mobile communication; mobile computing; patient monitoring; telecommunication security; telemedicine; medical services; mobile communication; patient home monitoring; quality health care; secure wireless home monitoring system; visual programming; Aging; Biomedical monitoring; Bluetooth; Cameras; Communication system security; Data acquisition; Hospitals; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Pervasive Computing, 2007. ISWPC '07. 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Juan
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0523-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0523-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISWPC.2007.342644
