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
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