DocumentCode
2737759
Title
A mobile-phone based telecare system for the elderly
Author
Tamura, T. ; Masuda, Y. ; Sekimoto, Masahiro ; Higashi, Yu ; Fujimoto, Takafumi
Author_Institution
Department of Bimedcal Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
1-5 Sept. 2004
Firstpage
3260
Lastpage
3263
Abstract
This study examined the use of telecommunications for home health care and described an alternative telemedicine framework. The framework aims to transmit small but sufficient amounts of data for daily monitoring of residential subjects´ basic health status. We tested the remote monitoring of heart rate and respiration. The system was tested in real home-visit rehabilitation environments and was found to be useful both for the therapist and the patients in planning and evaluating daily rehabilitation training.
Keywords
mobile phone; rehabilitation; telecare; vital sign; Bridges; Costs; Heart rate; Hospitals; Medical services; Mobile handsets; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Senior citizens; Telemedicine;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8439-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403917
Filename
1403917
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