Meeting the challenges-the role of medical informatics in an ageing society

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 124, Issue , 2006, Pages 25-31

  Koch, Sabine ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing Society; Medical Informatics; Smart Homes; Telecare

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; AUTOMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

AGEING SOCIETY; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; SMART HOMES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELECARE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

AGING; ARTICLE; HOME CARE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

AGING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 39049192081     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (33)

1. Lanzieri G. Eurostat Statistics in focus "Long-term population projections at national level". Newsletter 3/2006 http://www. europa. eu. int/comm/eurostat/ (last accessed May 23, 2006).
2. Cabrera M, Burgelman J-C, Boden M, da Costa O, Rodriguez C. eHealth in 2010: Realising a Knowledge-based Approach to Healthcare in the EU. Challenges for the Ambient Care System-Report on eHealth related activities by IPTS. Technical Report EUR 21486 EN http://forera. jrc. es/documents/eur21486en. pdf (last accessed May 29, 2006).
3. Economic portrait of the European Union, 2002. http://www. eustatistics. gov. uk/publications/publicationlist/Economic-portrait-of-the-European-Union -2002. asp (last accessed May 31, 2006)
4. European Commission. COM(2004)356 "e-Health-making healthcare better for European citizens: An action plan for a European e-Health Area". http://europa. eu. int/information-society/doc/qualif/health/COM-2004-0356-F-EN- ACTE. pdf (last accessed May 27, 2006).
5. Monteagudo JL, Redondo JR. eHealth and the Elderly: a new range of products and services? IPTS Report 81-special issue on aspects of health 2004. http://www. jrc. es/home/report/english/articles/vol81/ICT6E816. htm (last accessed May 28, 2006).
6. European Commission. Employment and Social Affairs. New Paradigm of Active Ageing. http://ec. europa. eu/employment-social/soc-prot/ageing/news/ paradigm-en. htm (last accessed May 27, 2006).
7. Bowling A, Dieppe P. What is successful ageing and who should define it? BMJ 2005; 331: 1548-51.
8. Fisher BJ. Successful aging and life satisfaction: A pilot study for conceptual clarification. Journal of Aging Studies 1992; 6 (2): 191-202.
9. Aronsson J. Elderly people's accounts of home care rationing: missing voices in long-term policy debates. Aging and Society 2002; 22: 399-418.
10. Backman K, Hentinen M. Model for the self-care of home dwelling elderly. Journal of Advanced Nursing 1999; 30 (3): 564-72.
11. Dunér A, Nordström M. Intentions and strategies among elderly people: Coping in everyday life. Journal of Aging Studies 2005; 19: 437-51.
12. SeniorWatch Report "Older People and Information Society Technology". http://www. seniorwatch. de (last accessed May 27, 2006).
13. Ottens M. Eurostat Statistics in focus "Use of the Internet among individuals and enterprises". Newsletter 12/2006 http://www. europa. eu. int/comm/eurostat/ (last accessed May 23, 2006).
14. Kaufman DR, Patel VL, Hilliman C, Morin PC, Pevzner J, Weinstock RS, Goland R, Shea S, Starren J. Usability in the real world: assessing medical information technologies in patient's homes. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 2003; 36:45-60.
15. Fisk Ad, Rogers WA. Health care of older adults: the promise of human factors research. In: Fisk Ad, Rogers WA (eds). Human factors interventions for the health care of older adults. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; 2002.
16. Koch S. Home telehealth-Current state and future trends. Int J Med Inf 2005; digital version ahead of print.
17. Meystre S. The Current State of Telemonitoring: A Comment on the Literature. Telemedicine and e-Health 2005; 11 (1): 63-9.
18. Jovanov, 2005 Jovanov E, Milenkovic A, Otto C, de Groen PC. A wireless body area network of intelligent motion sensors for computer assisted physical rehabilitation. J Neuroengineering Rehabil. 2005 1; 2 (1): 6.
19. http://www. media. mit. edu/wearables/ (last accessed May 31, 2006)
20. http://artschool. newport. ac. uk/smartclothes/ (last accessed May 31, 2006)
21. http://www. sensatex. com/ (last accessed May 31, 2006)
22. http://www. kevinwarwick. org (last accessed May 31, 2006)
23. Demiris G. Home based e-health applications. In: Demiris G (ed). E-Health: Current Status and Future Trends, IOS Press, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol 106 (2004), 15-24.
24. Demiris, 2004 Demiris G, Rantz MJ, Aud MA, Marek KD, Tyrer HW, Skubic M, Hussam AA. Older adults' attitudes towards and perceptions of 'smart home' technologies: a pilot study. Med Inform 2004; 29 (2): 87-94.
25. http://www-static. cc. gatech. edu/fce/ahri/index. html (last accessed May 31, 2006)
26. www. humanoid. waseda. ac. jp (last accessed May 31, 2006)
27. http://www. sfb588. uni-karlsruhe. de/ (last accessed May 31, 2006)
28. http://leva. leeds. ac. uk (last accessed May 31, 2006)
29. Punie Y. A social and technological view of Ambient Intelligence in Everyday Life: What bends the trend? EMTEL Report 2003. http://www. lse. ac. uk/collections/EMTEL/reports/punie-2003-emtel. pdf
30. Stefanelli M. Knowledge Management in Health Care Organizations. In: Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2004. Towards Clinical Bioinformatics. IMIA and Schattauer GmbH, 2004; 144-55.
31. Augusto JC, Black ND, McAllister HG, McCullagh PJ, Nugent CD. Pervasive Health Management: New Challenges for Health Informatics. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 2006; 12 (1): 1-5.
32. Bott OJ, Ammenwerth E, Brigl B, Knaup P, Lang E, Pilgram R, Pfeifer B, Ruderich F, Wolff C, Haux R, Kulikowski C. The Challenge of ubiquitous Computing in Health Care: Technology, Concepts and Solutions. Methods Inf Med 2005; 44: 473-9
33. Constantelou, A, Karounou, V. Skills and competences for the future of eHealth. ITPS Report, Special issue on aspects of eHealth, 2004. http://www. jrc. es/home/report/english/articles/vol81/ICT4E816. htm (last accessed May 30, 2005)