Title :
Preliminary results of a pilot project on remote monitoring of functional health status in the home
Author :
Celler, B.G. ; Ilsar, E.D. ; Earnshaw, W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW, Australia
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
The authors report on the implementation and recent completion of a pilot project carried out in Sydney, Australia over a period of five months, monitoring functional health status of the elderly at home by continuously recording parameters of daily living sensitive to changes in health. The home monitoring system is based on Echelon Lon-Works technology communicating over the mains power lines. A sophisticated information management, communications and analysis system has been designed to automate and support the data collection phase of the project. Preliminary data suggest that remote monitoring of functional health status of the elderly is technically feasible and may result in improved health care outcomes for the elderly
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; patient monitoring; 5 month; Australia; Echelon Lon-Works technology; Sydney; daily living parameters; elderly; functional health status; home; improved health care outcomes; mains power lines communication system; pilot project; remote monitoring; Aging; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Costs; Medical services; Neurons; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Senior citizens; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.656847
