Providing advanced remote medical treatment services through pervasive environments

Advances on sensor technology, wireless environments and data mining introduce new possibilities in the healthcare sector, realizing the anytime-anywhere access to medical information. Towards this direction, integration of packet-switched networks and sensor devices can be effective in deploying as...

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Published in:Personal and ubiquitous computing 2010-09, Vol.14 (6), p.563-573
Main Authors: Vassis, Dimitris, Belsis, Petros, Skourlas, Christos, Pantziou, Grammati
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Computer architecture
Computer Science
Data mining
Devices
Home health care
Medical
Medical services
Medical technology
Mobile Computing
Monitoring
Monitoring systems
Networks
Original Article
Patients
Personal Computing
Sensors
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
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Summary:Advances on sensor technology, wireless environments and data mining introduce new possibilities in the healthcare sector, realizing the anytime-anywhere access to medical information. Towards this direction, integration of packet-switched networks and sensor devices can be effective in deploying assistive environments, such as home monitoring for elderly or patients. In this paper we describe a policy-based architecture that utilizes wireless sensor devices, advanced network topologies and software agents to enable remote monitoring of patients and elderly people; through the aforementioned technologies we achieve continuous monitoring of a patient’s condition and we can proceed when necessary with proper actions. We also present a software framework and network architecture that realizes the provision of remote medical services, in compliance with the imposed security and privacy requirements. A proof of concept prototype is also deployed, along with an evaluation of the overall architecture’s performance.
ISSN:1617-4909
1617-4917
DOI:10.1007/s00779-009-0273-0