Innovations in health care services: The CAALYX system

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Rocha, Artur ^a   Martins, Angelo ^a,b   Freire, José Celso ^a,c   Kamel Boulos, Maged N ^d   Vicente, Manuel Escriche ^e   Feld, Robert ^f   van de Ven, Pepijn ^g   Nelson, John ^g   Bourke, Alan ^g   ÓLaighin, Gearóid ^h   Sdogati, Claudio ⁱ   Jobes, Angela ^j   Narvaiza, Leire ^k   Rodríguez Molinero, Alejandro ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e TELEFONICA RESEARCH   (Spain)

^f Biotronik GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

ⁱ Dipartimento R and D ^*  (Italy)

^j Synkronix II Incorporation Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^k Sant Antoni Abad Hospital   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Ambient Assisted Living; CAALYX; Caretaker site; EHealth; EInclusion; Elderly healthcare; Fall and mobility sensor; Home System; Location based system; Observation patterns; Personal area network; Sensor network

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; CAALYX; CARETAKER SITE; E INCLUSIONS; EHEALTH; HOME SYSTEM; LOCATION-BASED SYSTEMS; MOBILITY SENSORS; OBSERVATION PATTERNS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MONITORING; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

HEALTH CARE;

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPLETE AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING EXPERIMENT SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GERIATRIC CARE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROCOMPUTER; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TELEHEALTH; VITAL SIGN; WELLBEING;

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; CAALYX; CARETAKER SITE; EHEALTH; EINCLUSION; ELDERLY HEALTHCARE; FALL AND MOBILITY SENSOR; HOME SYSTEM; LOCATION-BASED SYSTEM; OBSERVATION PATTERNS; PERSONAL AREA NETWORK; SENSOR NETWORK;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84886803017     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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