Title :
A common, cost-effective information system for rehabilitation
Author :
Ryder, Robert M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., South Alabama Univ., Mobile, AL, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a process to design and implement a cost-effective information system which meets the clinical needs of rehabilitation with initial efforts on cardiac rehabilitation. Issues of platform selection, user interface, database design, data capture and sharing, automated reasoning and decision support are addressed
Keywords :
cost-benefit analysis; decision support systems; deductive databases; inference mechanisms; medical information systems; user interfaces; automated reasoning; cardiac rehabilitation; clinical needs; cost-effective information system; data capture; data sharing; database design; decision support systems; deductive databases; patient rehabilitation; platform selection; system design; system implementation; user interface; Application software; Biomedical monitoring; Databases; Guidelines; Information systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Mobile computing; Personnel; Risk analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1997., Proceedings of the 1997 Sixteenth Southern
Conference_Location :
Biloxi, MS
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3869-3
DOI :
10.1109/SBEC.1997.583206
