Health care management with KeepCare

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Sousa, R (Author) Other; Alves, M (Author) Other; Gil Manuel Gonçalves (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Pages: 65-70

9th International Conference on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health, pHealth 2012

Porto, 26 June 2012 through 28 June 2012

Indexing

Scopus - 3 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-008-6BM

DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-069-7-65

Abstract (EN): Wireless sensing is part of our lives; major technological breakthroughs in the areas of sensors, integrated circuits, and also on wireless communications, led to the creation of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Such networks have multiple uses, from monitoring and tracking of people and goods, to the coordination and processing of activities in different contexts; they are used in industry, defence and healthcare applications. As part of this use in healthcare applications KeepCare, a solution based on monitoring, tracking and processing of healthcare related information, is presented in this paper. This solution uses a WSN based application to monitor peoples' health and quality of life through vital signs and activity information received via wireless sensors. This solution monitors users such as elderly, people suffering from chronic conditions in their home environment, but can as well be used in athletes or other professionals (e.g. first responders) that need to be monitored under hazardous conditions.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific