• DocumentCode
    2228636
  • Title

    IT in home health care — A case study Advantages and disadvantages with mobile information support

  • Author

    Nylander, Stina ; Hardenborg, Niklas

  • Author_Institution
    Swedish Inst. of Comput. Sci., Kista
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    Jan. 30 2008-Feb. 1 2008
  • Firstpage
    201
  • Lastpage
    204
  • Abstract
    We present a case study of an application for supporting home health care practitioners in their work. Groups of practitioners have been interviewed as well as representatives for the sales organization. Below the application is presented as well as work practices before and after the introduction of the system and perceived benefits of the system.
  • Keywords
    health care; home computing; information management; medical information systems; mobile computing; home health care; information management; mobile information support; sales organization; Calendars; Computer science; Documentation; Health information management; Information technology; Management information systems; Medical services; Meeting planning; Mobile computing; Scheduling; home health care; information management; mobile IT; technology in work places; user-centered design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2008. PervasiveHealth 2008. Second International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tampere
  • Print_ISBN
    978-963-9799-15-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571070
  • Filename
    4571070