Title :
Middlecare: middleware technology for home-based chronic patient shared care
Author :
Gómez, E.J. ; Pozo, F. Del ; Hemando, M.E. ; de Toledo, P. ; García-Olaya, A. ; Cáceres, C. ; Jiménez, S. ; Rodríguez, S.
Author_Institution :
Grupo Bioingenieria y Telemedicina, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
Home-based care of chronic patients cannot be efficiently provided away from shared care models. This paper introduces a middleware architecture to integrate technology-based home care services within shared care models. The architecture comprises a multi-access layer to provide seamless access to data and services; a computer-supported service for the care team collaboration; a wireless connectivity service to integrate telemonitoring sensors/devices and a security service. The middleware technology is developed and tested on three chronic care domains: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and HIV/AIDS care.
Keywords :
home computing; middleware; patient care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; HIV-AIDS care; care team collaboration; chronic patients; computer-supported service; cooperative work services; diabetes; home telecare; home-based care; middlecare; middleware architecture; multiaccess layer; obstructive pulmonary disease; seamless access; security service; shared care models; telemonitoring sensors; wireless connectivity service; Collaboration; Communication system security; Computer architecture; Computer security; Data security; Diabetes; Diseases; Middleware; Testing; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053084
