Title :
Interoperability of a Mobile Health Care Solution with Electronic Healthcare Record Systems
Author :
de Toledo, P. ; Lalinde, W. ; del Pozo, F. ; Thurber, D. ; Jimenez-Fernandez, S.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Madrid
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
Mobile health care solutions involving patient monitoring are an increasingly accepted element in chronic disease management strategies. When used in healthcare systems with different providers, it is essential that the information gathered from the patient is available at each of these providers information repositories. This paper describes the design of a connectivity interface based on the HL7 standard that allows the MOTOHEALTH mobile health care solution to communicate with external electronic healthcare record systems supporting HL7
Keywords :
health care; medical information systems; patient care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; HL7 standard; MOTOHEALTH; chronic disease management strategy; electronic healthcare record system; healthcare system; information repositories; mobile health care solution; patient monitoring; Business process re-engineering; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cities and towns; Insurance; Logistics; Medical services; Outsourcing; Telemedicine; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259339
