Title :
Towards home healthcare informatics
Author :
Bonacina, Stefano ; Marceglia, Sara ; Mazzola, Luca ; Pinciroli, Francesco
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Bioingegneria, Politec. di Milano, Milan
Abstract :
The field of information technology and the Internet has developed rapidly in the last few years. The advancements affected eHealth field too, and patient- centered and consumer-centered healthcare systems have become more and more available. However, the patient/consumer interactions with his communication environment remain to investigate. We present our contributions devoted to this research field.
Keywords :
Internet; health care; medical information systems; patient care; Internet; consumer-centered healthcare; information technology; patient- centered healthcare; Biomedical informatics; Biomedical monitoring; Cameras; Drugs; History; Information technology; Internet; Laboratories; Medical services; Prototypes; Internet; eHealth; family health record; health literacy; home care; patientcentered care;
Conference_Titel :
Human System Interactions, 2009. HSI '09. 2nd Conference on
Conference_Location :
Catania
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3959-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3960-7
DOI :
10.1109/HSI.2009.5090972
