A framework for the comparison of mobile patient monitoring systems

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 544-556

  Pawar, Pravin ^a   Jones, Val ^a   van Beijnum, Bert Jan F ^a   Hermens, Hermie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic Health; Mobile Health; Mobile patient monitoring; Patient monitoring systems; Remote patient monitoring; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BIOSIGNALS; COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; FEATURE SETS; GENERIC ARCHITECTURE; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE HEALTH; PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MONITORING; REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MOBILE PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84861902636     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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