Health and aged care enabled by information technology

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 154-161

  Soar, Jeffrey ^a   Seo, Youngjoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged care; Health care; Information technology; Smart home; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 35948964852     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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