Health “Smart” home: information technology for patients at home
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This article reviews the emerging concept of health "Smart" homes (HSH) and its potential through the use of telemedical information systems and communication technologies. HSH systems provide health care services for people with special needs who wish to remain independent and living in their own home. The large diversity of needs in a home-based patient population requires complex technology. Meeting these needs technically requires the use of a distributed approach and the combination of many hardware and software techniques. We also describe the wide scope of new information, communication, and data-acquisition technologies used in home health care. We offer an introduction to the HSH concept in terms of technical, economic, and human requirements. Examples of HSH projects are presented, including a short description of our own smart home and telehealthcare information system project.
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Devices and sensors can be integrated into the patient's environment or clothes to offer healthcare professionals a clearer view of the patient's condition and activity than short periods of clinical monitoring.
“Nowadays, devices and sensors can be integrated into the patient's environment as part of a “smart” or automated home, or in the patient's clothes to offer healthcare professionals a much clearer view of the patient's condition and activity than that available from short periods of monitoring in a clinical setting (257).”
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- Authors
- Rialle, V., Duchene, F., Noury, N., Bajolle, L., & Demongeot, J.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Translational Innovation in Medicine and Complexity (FR)
- Venue
- Telemedicine Journal and e-Health
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2002-12
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 395-409
- ISSN
- 1530-5627 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2038237848
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- FWCI
- 5.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Telemedicine Journal and e-Health (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Innovation in Digital Healthcare Systems
- Keywords
- home automation, home health care, telemedicine, independent living, distributed systems, data acquisition technology, communication technology
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Computer Communication Networks, Equipment and Supplies, France, Health Services Needs and Demand, Home Care Services, Humans, Pilot Projects, Telecommunications, Telemetry, Frail Elderly, Telemedicine, Homebound Persons
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