Title :
Advanced Wireless ICT Healthcare Research
Author :
Hamalainen, Matti ; Pirinen, Pekka ; Shelby, Zach
Author_Institution :
Centre for Wireless Commun., Oulu Univ., Oulu
Abstract :
Recently, the methods to improve general hospital logistics and processes have been under heavy investigation all over the world. Especially in the public healthcare and welfare sectors, the improved process practices can save a lot of time from supporting tasks which could be redirected to personal, patient care duties. Changes in processes directly affect overall healthcare costs. How to shift work load from supporting activities to patient-centric care, and make the patient passage through hospital processes more convenient using wireless technology are discussed in this paper. Some examples on hardware implementation related to the topic are also discussed.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; health care; medical information systems; patient care; hardware implementation; hospital logistics; hospital processes; patient passage; patient-centric care; wireless ICT healthcare; wireless technology; Costs; Hardware; Hospitals; Laboratories; Logistics; Medical services; Public healthcare; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Writing; communications; hospital; positioning; tracking; welfare;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, 2007. 16th IST
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1662-0
Electronic_ISBN :
963-8111-66-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISTMWC.2007.4299337
