Title :
Mobile Healthcare in the Home Environment
Author :
Price, Sheila ; Summers, Ron
Author_Institution :
Res. Sch. of Informatics, Loughborough Univ.
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
Mobile healthcare provision in the home environment presents many challenges. Patients are becoming more informed about the management of chronic conditions and the use of technology to support the process is rising. Issues such as system interoperability, cost, security and training all have to be addressed to ensure effective use of mobile devices within the home healthcare arena. An aging population will impact upon traditional healthcare delivery methods
Keywords :
geriatrics; health care; mobile communication; telemedicine; aging population; home environment; mobile devices; mobile healthcare; security; system interoperability; Biomedical informatics; Cities and towns; Condition monitoring; Costs; Medical services; Mobile communication; Patient monitoring; Security; Technology management; 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.2006.260722
