Alerts in mobile healthcare applications: Requirements and pilot study

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Kafeza, Eleanna ^a   Chiu, Dickson K W ^b   Cheung, S C ^c   Kafeza, Marina ^d  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b Dickson Computer System   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alerts; Capability; Exception handling; Healthcare alert monitoring system; Mobile devices; Monitor; Requirements engineering; Role

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOBILE COMPUTING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EXCEPTION HANDLING; HEALTHCARE ALERT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PILOT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 3042551378     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2004.828888     Document Type: Article

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