Potential and requirements of IT for ambient assisted living technologies: Results of a Delphi study

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-238

  Spitalewsky, Katharina ^a   Rochon, J ^a   Ganzinger, M ^a   Knaup, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient assisted living; Delphi study; Health information technologies; Health services for elderly; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SELF HELP DEVICE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84877628556     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME12-01-0021     Document Type: Article

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