A pervasive health monitoring service system based on ubiquitous network technology

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 461-469

  Lin, Chung Chih ^a   Lee, Ren Guey ^b   Hsiao, Chun Chieh ^c,d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health monitoring; Pervasive healthcare; Ubiquitous network

Indexed keywords

CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

HEALTH MONITORING; PERVASIVE HEALTHCARE; UBIQUITOUS NETWORK;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TECHNOLOGY; TELEVISION; VITAL SIGN;

INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 43649092506     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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