Framing the evidence for health smart homes and home-based consumer health technologies as a public health intervention for independent aging: A systematic review

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 565-579

  Reeder, Blaine ^a   Meyer, Ellen ^a   Lazar, Amanda ^b   Chaudhuri, Shomir ^b   Thompson, Hilaire J ^a   Demiris, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Evidence based public health; Health smart homes; Independent aging; STARE HI

Indexed keywords

AGING IN PLACE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE-BASED; HEALTH SMART HOME; INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE; MULTICOMPONENT TECHNOLOGY; PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD; STARE-HI;

AUTOMATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

TECHNOLOGY;

AGING; CONSUMER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SMART HOME; HOME BASED CONSUMER HEALTH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SENSOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84879000175     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.03.007     Document Type: Review

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