Title :
Low cost telemedicine for home health care
Author :
Vasudevan, S. ; Cleetus, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Concurrent Eng. Res. Center, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
Abstract :
Home care has been an active field for the application of telemedicine. The search for low-cost approaches has led to our use of handy vital sign monitors and POTS in a pilot project featuring secure access to patient records over the Internet
Keywords :
Internet; costing; health care; medical information systems; patient monitoring; records management; telemedicine; telephony; Internet; Medicare; POTS; handy vital sign monitors; home health care; low-cost telemedicine; patient records; secure access; telephone service; Authentication; Computer displays; Concurrent engineering; Costs; Diabetes; Internet; Java; Medical services; Medical treatment; Telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2001. WET ICE 2001. Proceedings. Tenth IEEE International Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1269-0
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.2001.953385