Intelligent agent model for remote support of rural healthcare for the elderly

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 6332-6335

  Hudson, Donna L ^a   Cohen, Maurice E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent systems; Eldercare; Home monitoring; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREAS;

AGENT SYSTEMS; ELDERCARE; HOME MONITORING; INTERVENTION SYSTEMS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELDERLY CARE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; COMPUTERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 34047104024     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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