Development and implementation of a national telehealth project for long-term care: A preliminary study

Hsu, Min‐Huei; Chu, Tu-Bin; Yen, Ju‐Chuan; Chiu, Wen-Ta; Yeh, Geng Chang; Chen, Tzay-Jinn; Sung, Yen-Jen; Hsiao, Jack; Li, Yu-Chuan

doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2009.12.008

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“…In recent years, Taiwan's government has aggressively developed various forms of eHealth, including tele-health [9], HIE, and other services. HIE is one of the core components of eHealth.…”

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Building a National Electronic Medical Record Exchange System – Experiences in Taiwan

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Chiu

et al. 2015

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

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“…In recent years, Taiwan's government has aggressively developed various forms of eHealth, including tele-health [9], HIE, and other services. HIE is one of the core components of eHealth.…”

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Building a National Electronic Medical Record Exchange System – Experiences in Taiwan

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Chiu

et al. 2015

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

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“…The tremendous ageing population and the prevalence of chronic illnesses will facilitate coverage by this insurance, and it is hoped that telehealth care will be covered too (Hsu et al . ). We suggest that before the telehealth services are fully implemented, partial reimbursement for vulnerable target populations such as those living in rural and isolated areas with chronic conditions is necessary.…”

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Advocacy of home telehealth care among consumers with chronic conditions

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2013

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…In particular, it is considered as an alarm raising system that addresses the issue of the increasing social, economical, and medical needs of maintaining people at home in loss of autonomy, while preserving privacy and quality of life. A preliminary study for the development and implementation of a national Taiwan's Telehealth Pilot Project (TTPP) for long-term care is presented in [6]. The system has three different models; the home-care, the community-care, and the residential-care model to assist the elderly in the pursuit of better healthcare and improved quality of life.…”

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How to Develop IoT Cloud e-Health Systems Based on FIWARE: A Lesson Learnt

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Fazio

Márquez

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Nowadays, the penetration of sensors and actuators in different application fields is revolutionizing all aspects of our daily life. One of the major sectors that is taking advantage of such cutting-edge cheap smart devices is healthcare. In this context, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) at home represents a tempting opportunity for hospitals to reduce clinical costs and to improve the quality of life of both patients and their families. It allows patients to be monitored remotely by means networks of Internet of Things (IoT) medical devices equipped with sensors and actuators that collect healthcare data from patients and send them to a Cloud-based Hospital Information System (HIS) for processing. Up to now, many different proprietary software systems have been developed as stand-along expensive solutions, presenting interoperability, extensibility, and scalability issues. In recent years, the European Commission (EC) has promoted the wide adoption of FIWARE technology, launching 16 Industrial Accelerators focusing on different application fields. One of these, i.e., FICHe, is specialized in healthcare, providing the guidelines on how to develop eHealth systems. This paper focuses on how to compose new cutting-edge IoT and Cloud-based Cyber Physical Health Sytem (CPHS) services and applications interconnected with remote medical sensors and actuators using FIWARE technology in the context envisioned by FICHe. In particular, we discuss the design and development of an RPM system implemented through the collaboration between the Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) “Bonino Pulejo” (i.e., a clinical and research healthcare centre specialized in the treatment of neuro lesions), University of Messina, IBM Research, Telefónica, and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. The description of our best practice provides a model and guidelines for the development of lightweight and low cost RPM services for rural and isolated areas, with the expectation of expanding healthcare to the developing world and in general allows us to outline how to deal with the real adoption of the FIWARE technology in an e-health project.

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Development and implementation of a national telehealth project for long-term care: A preliminary study

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

Building a National Electronic Medical Record Exchange System – Experiences in Taiwan

Building a National Electronic Medical Record Exchange System – Experiences in Taiwan

Advocacy of home telehealth care among consumers with chronic conditions

How to Develop IoT Cloud e-Health Systems Based on FIWARE: A Lesson Learnt

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