HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services最新文献

{"title":"Automatic detection of activities of daily living from detecting and classifying electrical events on the residential power line","authors":"M. Berenguer, M. Giordani, F. Giraud-By, N. Noury","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600104","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this project is the remote follow up of the activities of patients living independently in their own home, with the help of ICT. The sensing of activity in the home has a variety of important applications, including home automation, energy monitoring and healthcare. Most of the existing systems for detecting occupant activity require large numbers of sensors, invasive vision systems, or extensive installation procedures. We present an approach that uses a single sensor to detect the electrical events throughout the home. This sensor detects and identifies the electrical impulses on residential power lines created by the on-off switching of electrical devices. The electrical events are regularly downloaded to a central data base with a web access.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116944534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bayesian classification for bed posture detection based on kurtosis and skewness estimation","authors":"C. Hsia, Y. Hung, Y. Chiu, Chia-Hao Kang","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600129","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposes a bed posture detection method using Bayesian classification for the elderly and bedridden. Only 16 long-narrow FSR (Force Sensing Resistor) sensors, rather than pressure distribution image from a set of sensor array are used for classification. Kurtosis and skewness are estimated as feature vector to represent the shape of pressure contour using the pressure values received from sensors. Gaussian distribution is adopted for statistical modeling and classification for bed postures including supine, left/right lying. Experimental results reveal that proposed method exhibits encouraging potential in bed posture detection.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114711432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of user satisfaction with an Internet-based integrated patient education system for diabetes management","authors":"Yu-Ting Yeh, Shwu-Jiuan Wu, Chien-Tsai Liu, T.-I. Lee","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600116","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient satisfaction with an Internet-based integrated patient education system, and to identify the components of the system that affect patient satisfaction. The system has been operating in a university-affiliated hospital for outpatients with diabetes. For each patient visit, the system integrates his/her pharmaceutical education materials and medical care records such as laboratory test results, medication prescriptions and next visit appointments, into an individual medical folder. The integrated medical folders are then transformed into web structures for continuing patient education after leaving the hospital. The patients can easily access the knowledge required for medication care through the internet. In order to assess the satisfaction of patients with the system, we use the questionnaire developed by Doll and Torkzadeh for the measurement of end-user computing satisfaction, and translate it into Chinese. There were 81 participants selected from Diabetes patient who had used the system involved in the questionnaire survey. 50 participants returned their questionnaires. After analysis of the returned questionnaires, over 70% of patients were satisfied with the content, accuracy, format and timeliness of information provided by this system, and agreed easy of use with the system. This study also revealed that patient satisfaction was highly positively correlated with the number of logons and the number of accesses to the web pages. According to userspsila responses, information content and format of reports should be more flexible. The patients and their care giver would like to choose and combine the information to redesign the format of reports by themselves. Some of patientpsilas family point ldquoeasy of userdquo is important for the senior patients. They mention all of the information should be at the same page, because the senior patients couldn'tpsilat manipulate complicated procedure. Furthermore, both of privacy and security also were important issue in connection with patient satisfaction. Future research should explore and identify additional components of satisfaction that are specific to a web-based environment.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"192 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130278814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ignorance, experimentation, redundancy or active management? Organizational approaches to Mobile Information and Communication Technology [MICT] integration with existing hospital IT","authors":"H. Martins, M.R. Jones","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600136","url":null,"abstract":"The use of mobile ICT (MICT) is said to increase the efficiency of healthcare work practices. Due to the variety of different devices and contexts of use, however, a wide range of patterns of MICT adoption and use are possible. This paper presents a typology of such patterns and considers their effectiveness in supporting clinical work practices. Conclusions are drawn on the role of Information Systems management in this respect. The typology draws on data collected from 13 sites in 9 hospitals in four countries (Portugal, US, UK and Singapore) during the course of one year. A mixed methodology was adopted using questionnaires, log file data, interviews and observation We found four main patterns of MICT adoption: organizations which a) were unaware of MICT use by clinicians; b) were piloting MICT use in specific clinical scenarios; c) were using MICT to add a mobile capacity to the existing network, and d) were using MICT as part of a coherent IT strategy. It was found that careful matching of MICT to existing IT resources and ongoing local work practices was necessary to achieve effective support of clinical work practices. Those institutions where a more pro-active strategy towards MICT use seemed to gain more from the technology with less risk, greater data use, and higher levels of technology awareness.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123301827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A mobile healthcare questionnaire service framework using composite Web services","authors":"Nam Joon Park, Minkyu Lee, Dong-soo Han, Chulho Cho, Jaegeol Cho","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600100","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays there are many healthcare questionnaires which help to check our health status easily. The healthcare questionnaires are, however, usually accessible through Web pages or hardcopies. As a consequence, they have limitations in the aspect of usage. Mobile healthcare questionnaire service is to provide healthcare questionnaires and to deliver the analysis results of the replies from users via mobile devices. Mobile healthcare questionnaire service is one of useful ways to check their health status at anytime and at anywhere. In this paper, we propose a mobile healthcare questionnaire service framework based on composite Web services. Our framework facilitates the designing and provisioning of mobile healthcare questionnaire services through mobile devices and Web technologies.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126104391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design and implementation of a knowledge-based application in specimen collection","authors":"D. Poo, S. Sethi, A. Ratty","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600113","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces ATOMS (advanced test order management system), a focused test order and sample collection system. ATOMS enables complete automation of the laboratory ordering process, from the point of physician-patient contact until sample (or specimen) delivery to the laboratory, through the integration of a novel software solution and physical output devices consisting of wireless hand-held devices and remote mobile printers. With physicians performing tests orders on the order entry system, ATOMS results in a unique blend of technology which ensures that laboratories receive complete electronic laboratory orders and pre-labeled sample tubes which are ready for direct analyzer placement. A pilot trial of ATOMS was conducted at a local government hospital for three months. The results of the pilot trial indicated that the application of ATOMS increased patient safety by significantly reducing the opportunity for mistakes and the actual number of errors in sample collection.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114671187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assistive care loop with electronic maternity records","authors":"D. Hoang, E. Lawrence, N. F. Ahmad, V. Balasubramanian, C. Homer, M. Foureur, N. Leap","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600121","url":null,"abstract":"Surprisingly women-held pregnancy health records (paper based) are still predominantly used in most hospitals in Australia. These records are not standardized as each hospital or state has a slightly different version. Early efforts have been made to standardize pregnancy records and make them available electronically. Electronic record systems do not allow dynamic interaction between users and they are not accessible when users are mobile. This paper describes an assistive maternity care (AMC) system that addresses a number of important issues: 1) transforming a women-held paper-based record for pregnancy care into an electronic maternity record (EMR); 2) investigating mechanisms to make the record active; 3) creating a system whereby details of the pregnant women and their carers can be recorded, updated over wired and wireless networks; and 4) creating a pregnancy care loop over which midwives and doctors and pregnant women under their care can communicate effectively anywhere, anytime for the duration of pregnancy.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121584135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Privacy-preserving electronic health record linkage using pseudonym identifiers","authors":"Bandar Alhaqbani, C. Fidge","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600120","url":null,"abstract":"Accurate and reliable information sharing is essential in the healthcare domain. Currently, however, information about individual patients is held in isolated medical records maintained by numerous separate healthcare providers. Accurately linking this information is necessary for planned nationwide Electronic Health Record systems, but this must be done in a way that not only satisfies traditional data confidentiality requirements, but also meets patientspsila personal privacy needs. Here we present an architecture for linking electronic medical records in a way that gives patients control over what information is revealed about them. This is done through the use of indirect pseudonym identifiers. We then explain how this architecture can be implemented using existing technologies. A case study is used to show how our architecture satisfies data accuracy needs and patientspsila privacy requirements.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126227485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gaussian particle filter for tracking hip angle in gait cycles","authors":"Zhiqiang Zhang, Jiankang Wu, Zhipei Huang","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600132","url":null,"abstract":"Hip angle has attracted increasing attention recently because of its wide spectrum of applications, including gait analysis, clinical performance analysis and animation. Accurate and robust estimation of hip angle in ambulatory environment remains a challenge because the non-linear nature of thigh movement has not been well studied yet. We propose to use Hybrid Dynamic Bayesian Network (HDBN) to model the nonlinear hip angle dynamics. Based on the model, Gaussian Particle Filter (GPF) is designed to estimate the hip angle during gait cycles from the measurements of the wearable accelerometers that are attached to the thighs. The experiments have been conducted with four subjects and the results have shown that the proposed methods can achieve robust hip angle tracking for different subjects with significant accuracy improvement over the previous work on the ambulatory gait analysis.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128918624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Healthcare kiosk next generation accessible healthcare solution","authors":"Anubha Verma, H. Dhand, A. Shaha","doi":"10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600135","url":null,"abstract":"Making healthcare services easily accessible to the world population requires a huge skilled workforce along with massive investment in equipments for medical testing and monitoring. Due to the limited capital in developing countries and scarcity of skilled workforce, the problem is getting worse day by day. A fusion of technologies - vital signs monitoring and e-health based prescriptive diagnosis can provide an efficient and pervasive healthcare solution to address this problem. We propose the technology and its commercial application for providing such diagnostic health-care services, which could in time become as popular and pervasive as ATMs are today for financial activities. VSM technology is maturing with many companies integrating health sensors, while Web-based self help sites are becoming popular with sites like webmd.com being used with high degree of confidence by patients and practitioners alike. In our offering, we propose a kiosk like structure, where the vital signs of a patient are measured on the front-end; and with the data collected, a backend database (offline or tele-based) gives on-the-spot diagnosis. The user who already has logged in (like an ATM) is given his summary report, with either a preliminary solution or recommended to nearest specialty hospitals, and his record is updated with the new diagnosis and recommendations. The underlying business model is based on both service and advertising mode. For the sensing devices, the cost is extracted from the customer (minimal), while for the kiosk and display setup, the hospitals or Websites which are further recommended can pay in the form of advertisement revenue.","PeriodicalId":193623,"journal":{"name":"HealthCom 2008 - 10th International Conference on e-health Networking, Applications and Services","volume":"215 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132778864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}