Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5936
D. Baga, D. Fotiadis, S. Konitsiotis, M. Akay
In this work we describe a system for the monitoring and management of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on Parkinson's Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The system exploits a single wearable sensors' setting to detect and quantify all patient symptoms. An easy to use touchscreen interface allows patients and caregivers to provide additional useful information and assist patients to perform standard predefined tests which otherwise are performed in the clinician's office. The system exploits patient information to suggest appropriate treatment changes based on accumulated medical knowledge. In this paper the architecture of the system, as well as, its innovative features are presented.
{"title":"PERFORM: A system for the monitoring and management of persons with chronic motor neurodegenerative disorders: A study on Parkinson's Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis","authors":"D. Baga, D. Fotiadis, S. Konitsiotis, M. Akay","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5936","url":null,"abstract":"In this work we describe a system for the monitoring and management of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on Parkinson's Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The system exploits a single wearable sensors' setting to detect and quantify all patient symptoms. An easy to use touchscreen interface allows patients and caregivers to provide additional useful information and assist patients to perform standard predefined tests which otherwise are performed in the clinician's office. The system exploits patient information to suggest appropriate treatment changes based on accumulated medical knowledge. In this paper the architecture of the system, as well as, its innovative features are presented.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122253210","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}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5944
Guido Moritz, E. Zeeb, F. Golatowski, D. Timmermann, R. Stoll
Home healthcare can be divided into monitoring and assistance scenarios. In both scenarios, miscellaneous devices are applied for dedicated sensor or actuator functionalities. The requirements and assumptions for the different nodes split the devices in three different classes with particular characteristics concerning energy consumption, power supply, memory, computing power, and bandwidth. Nevertheless, the number of nodes and complexity of setups require new concepts like Service-oriented Architectures to solve arising problems. In this paper, the Devices Profile for Web Services is suggested as comprehensive middleware for all three device classes. Hence, Web services technologies, which are already applied in the internet and in automation industry, can avoid interoperability problems of sensors and actors in the domain of home healthcare also.
{"title":"Web Services to improve interoperability of home healthcare devices","authors":"Guido Moritz, E. Zeeb, F. Golatowski, D. Timmermann, R. Stoll","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5944","url":null,"abstract":"Home healthcare can be divided into monitoring and assistance scenarios. In both scenarios, miscellaneous devices are applied for dedicated sensor or actuator functionalities. The requirements and assumptions for the different nodes split the devices in three different classes with particular characteristics concerning energy consumption, power supply, memory, computing power, and bandwidth. Nevertheless, the number of nodes and complexity of setups require new concepts like Service-oriented Architectures to solve arising problems. In this paper, the Devices Profile for Web Services is suggested as comprehensive middleware for all three device classes. Hence, Web services technologies, which are already applied in the internet and in automation industry, can avoid interoperability problems of sensors and actors in the domain of home healthcare also.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129735566","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}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6033
Daniel Olguín Olguín, P. Gloor, A. Pentland
We show that it is possible to identify individual personality traits and measure group performance in a Post-anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) using wearable sensors.We instrumented a group of 67 nurses working in the PACU of a Boston area hospital with sociometric badges capable of measuring physical activity, speech activity, face-to-face interaction, and physical proximity. Using the data collected with these sensors we were able to estimate the daily average length of stay (LOS) and number of delays.
{"title":"Wearable sensors for pervasive healthcare management","authors":"Daniel Olguín Olguín, P. Gloor, A. Pentland","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6033","url":null,"abstract":"We show that it is possible to identify individual personality traits and measure group performance in a Post-anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) using wearable sensors.We instrumented a group of 67 nurses working in the PACU of a Boston area hospital with sociometric badges capable of measuring physical activity, speech activity, face-to-face interaction, and physical proximity. Using the data collected with these sensors we were able to estimate the daily average length of stay (LOS) and number of delays.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122420744","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}
This paper presents the preliminary results of a multi-disciplinary project aiming at studying technology supported life in a retirement home. The results of semi-structured interviews conducted with a group of 40 (semi-) autonomously living elderly persons are presented. In general they point in the direction of a “differential indication” of technologies in the sense of identifying personal solution for individual needs. Second, results show that the crucial dimension underlying the acceptance of technologies is the notion of personal control. The paper also identifies ten key design factors to build successful applications for elderly people. Finally an initial version of a new system mixing RFID, tactile screen and large display is described.
{"title":"User-centered activity management system for elderly people Empowering older people with interactive technologies to manage their activities at the retirement home","authors":"Otjacques Benoît, Krier Marc, Feltz Fernand, Ferring Dieter, Hoffmann Martine","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6042","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the preliminary results of a multi-disciplinary project aiming at studying technology supported life in a retirement home. The results of semi-structured interviews conducted with a group of 40 (semi-) autonomously living elderly persons are presented. In general they point in the direction of a “differential indication” of technologies in the sense of identifying personal solution for individual needs. Second, results show that the crucial dimension underlying the acceptance of technologies is the notion of personal control. The paper also identifies ten key design factors to build successful applications for elderly people. Finally an initial version of a new system mixing RFID, tactile screen and large display is described.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130885504","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}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5928
J. Maitland, M. Chalmers, K. Siek
In view of the well-acknowledged inequalities in health between the rich and the poor, populations of low socioeconomic status stand to benefit most from advances in technology designed to promote health- related behavioural change. In this paper we investigate attitudes towards diet and the perceived barriers to making positive changes from the perspective of the primary caregivers of seventeen families with low socioeconomic status. Participants were aware of the weaknesses their family's dietary habits and were motivated to make changes, but lacked financial, strategic, and social resources needed to do so. Based on our analysis, the current trend of raising awareness and motivation to change does not appear to address the needs of this population. We call for research to investigate systems that address existing gaps in health-related communication and empower people to take practical steps towards achieving realistic goals; matching any attempt to motivate change with an attempt to facilitate change.
{"title":"Persuasion not required Improving our understanding of the sociotechnical context of dietary behavioural change","authors":"J. Maitland, M. Chalmers, K. Siek","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5928","url":null,"abstract":"In view of the well-acknowledged inequalities in health between the rich and the poor, populations of low socioeconomic status stand to benefit most from advances in technology designed to promote health- related behavioural change. In this paper we investigate attitudes towards diet and the perceived barriers to making positive changes from the perspective of the primary caregivers of seventeen families with low socioeconomic status. Participants were aware of the weaknesses their family's dietary habits and were motivated to make changes, but lacked financial, strategic, and social resources needed to do so. Based on our analysis, the current trend of raising awareness and motivation to change does not appear to address the needs of this population. We call for research to investigate systems that address existing gaps in health-related communication and empower people to take practical steps towards achieving realistic goals; matching any attempt to motivate change with an attempt to facilitate change.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131284953","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}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6047
G. Stamatelos
Significant effort has been recently devoted to research and development of sensor networks for a wide range of possible applications. Here we focus on the design of a biosensor-based, early-warning system that can be used to detect bio-threats and subsequently relay securely this information - through a cellular network and its communications capabilities - to public health surveillance centers for appropriate processing. As such, it represents an alternative approach to population vaccination against specific viruses and biological threats. Issues involving increased security of communications and network dimensioning are addressed in the above context.
{"title":"Secure sensor data transmission over wireless cellular networks","authors":"G. Stamatelos","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6047","url":null,"abstract":"Significant effort has been recently devoted to research and development of sensor networks for a wide range of possible applications. Here we focus on the design of a biosensor-based, early-warning system that can be used to detect bio-threats and subsequently relay securely this information - through a cellular network and its communications capabilities - to public health surveillance centers for appropriate processing. As such, it represents an alternative approach to population vaccination against specific viruses and biological threats. Issues involving increased security of communications and network dimensioning are addressed in the above context.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126316893","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}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6108
H. Storf, Martin Becker, Mark O. Riedl
Among the central challenges of Ambient Assisted Living systems are the autonomous and reliable recognition of the assisted person's current situation and the proactive offering and rendering of adequate assistance services. In the context of emergency support, such situations may be acute emergency situations or long-term deviations from typical behavior that will result in emergency situations in the future. To optimize the treatment of the former and the prevention of the latter, reliable recognition of characteristic activities of daily living is necessary. In this paper, we present our multi-agent-based activity recognition framework as well as experiences made with it. Besides a detailed discussion of our hybrid recognition approach, we also elaborate on the tailoring of the underlying reasoning models to the individual environments and users in an initial learning phase. Finally, we present experiences made with the recognition framework in our Ambient Assisted Living Laboratory.
{"title":"Rule-based activity recognition framework: Challenges, technique and learning","authors":"H. Storf, Martin Becker, Mark O. Riedl","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6108","url":null,"abstract":"Among the central challenges of Ambient Assisted Living systems are the autonomous and reliable recognition of the assisted person's current situation and the proactive offering and rendering of adequate assistance services. In the context of emergency support, such situations may be acute emergency situations or long-term deviations from typical behavior that will result in emergency situations in the future. To optimize the treatment of the former and the prevention of the latter, reliable recognition of characteristic activities of daily living is necessary. In this paper, we present our multi-agent-based activity recognition framework as well as experiences made with it. Besides a detailed discussion of our hybrid recognition approach, we also elaborate on the tailoring of the underlying reasoning models to the individual environments and users in an initial learning phase. Finally, we present experiences made with the recognition framework in our Ambient Assisted Living Laboratory.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116051468","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}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5946
S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, M. Roccetti, Claudio Sermenghi, V. Conforti
The use of the Web as a mean to express and satisfy users personal needs is widespread. However, this novel way to exploit online applications to give voice to any opinion has rapidly degenerated; now, the Web 2.0 is more and more recognized as a tool to foster “human egocentrism”. Nevertheless, many experts assert that contents produced and distributed through Web 2.0 technologies can be exploited also for “altruistic” purposes. In this paper, we show how contents created through a selfish use of the Web 2.0 can be recycled into “altruistic” applications for pervasive healthcare services and first response medical aids. The idea is that of trading the online advertisement of doctors and healthcare workers with their availability to be located and their agreement to intervene in case of emergency. The key to technically build such pervasive applications is based on an approach to profile patients, doctors and their location, employed together with communication protocols able to spread information over heterogeneous networks.
{"title":"Managing first response medical aids with an altruistic Web application","authors":"S. Ferretti, S. Mirri, M. Roccetti, Claudio Sermenghi, V. Conforti","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5946","url":null,"abstract":"The use of the Web as a mean to express and satisfy users personal needs is widespread. However, this novel way to exploit online applications to give voice to any opinion has rapidly degenerated; now, the Web 2.0 is more and more recognized as a tool to foster “human egocentrism”. Nevertheless, many experts assert that contents produced and distributed through Web 2.0 technologies can be exploited also for “altruistic” purposes. In this paper, we show how contents created through a selfish use of the Web 2.0 can be recycled into “altruistic” applications for pervasive healthcare services and first response medical aids. The idea is that of trading the online advertisement of doctors and healthcare workers with their availability to be located and their agreement to intervene in case of emergency. The key to technically build such pervasive applications is based on an approach to profile patients, doctors and their location, employed together with communication protocols able to spread information over heterogeneous networks.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117223568","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}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6011
D. Nishantha, Yasao Uchida, M. Cassim, J. Weerasinghe, G. Gunawardana, Y. Hayashida, M. Goto
Strategic deployment of information communiction technology in health systems is promising to ensure reducing medical cost, enhanced medical treatment-quality and to serve the underserved population. International medical cooperation has served both developed and developing nations to overcome technological and social barriers in e-health deployment in many ways. However, most of the past e-health efforts reportedly either discontinued or exhausted their improvement potential due to isolation from other e-health activities in the health sector. For a rapid absorption of technology and sustainable development in the e-health sector in developing countries, it is an extreme necessity that years of financial investments and efforts exercised on scattered form of e-health developments are inline with the country's long term e-health development plans. In this paper, we propose a methodology that deploys a fully functional dedicated system, Integrated Medical Information System (IMIS), with the collaborative effort of system designers, medical practitioners and the government. IMIS is an extension of a previously designed system by the authors for international medical collaboration.
{"title":"Towards a sustainable e-health deployment An integrated medical information system for Sri Lankan case","authors":"D. Nishantha, Yasao Uchida, M. Cassim, J. Weerasinghe, G. Gunawardana, Y. Hayashida, M. Goto","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6011","url":null,"abstract":"Strategic deployment of information communiction technology in health systems is promising to ensure reducing medical cost, enhanced medical treatment-quality and to serve the underserved population. International medical cooperation has served both developed and developing nations to overcome technological and social barriers in e-health deployment in many ways. However, most of the past e-health efforts reportedly either discontinued or exhausted their improvement potential due to isolation from other e-health activities in the health sector. For a rapid absorption of technology and sustainable development in the e-health sector in developing countries, it is an extreme necessity that years of financial investments and efforts exercised on scattered form of e-health developments are inline with the country's long term e-health development plans. In this paper, we propose a methodology that deploys a fully functional dedicated system, Integrated Medical Information System (IMIS), with the collaborative effort of system designers, medical practitioners and the government. IMIS is an extension of a previously designed system by the authors for international medical collaboration.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121607837","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}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6081
Jan Derboven, M. V. Gils, S. Agten
This position paper describes a social alarm system integrated in a larger communication platform. This platform, developed in the TranseCare project, uses audio/video communication to allow elderly users to make calls to friends and relatives, and to make alarm calls to a centralized alarm center. Combining these functionalities, it allows older users who live independently to stay in touch with the people they know without leaving their homes. At the same time, it can make them feel more safe, knowing they can contact an alarm center at any given time, in case of emergency. Moreover, the combination of a communication system with a social alarm system could make the acceptance of the alarm system easier, as the focus of the entire system is not only on healthcare-related issues.
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