Title :
Data reliability in home healthcare services
Author :
Vavilis, Sokratis ; Zannone, Nicola ; Petkovic, Milan
Author_Institution :
Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Home healthcare services are emerging as a new frontier in healthcare practices. Data reliability, however, is crucial for the acceptance of these new services. This work presents a semi-automated system to evaluate the quality of medical measurements taken by patients. The system relies on data qualifiers to evaluate various quality aspects of measurements. The overall quality of measurements is determined on the basis of these qualifiers enhanced with a troubleshooting mechanism. Namely, the troubleshooting mechanism guides healthcare professionals in the investigation of the root causes of low quality values.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; data handling; health care; medical administrative data processing; patient care; data qualifiers; data reliability; healthcare practices; healthcare professionals; home healthcare services; medical quality measurements; quality values; semiautomated system; troubleshooting mechanism; Atmospheric measurements; Medical services; Particle measurements; Power measurement; Reliability; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2013 IEEE 26th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Porto
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2013.6627820