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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403917
