A systems approach to achieving carernet-an integrated and intelligent telecare system

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Williams, Gareth ^a   Doughty, Kevin ^b   Bradley, David A ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Technology in Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carernet; Healthcare networks and informatics; Intelligent patient monitoring; Smart homes; Telecare systems design; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE;

MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELEMEDICINE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MEDICINE; TELECONFERENCING;

TELECARE SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE;

PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 0032008469     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4233.678527     Document Type: Article

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