A cloud medication safety support system using QR code and Web services for elderly outpatients

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-113

  Tseng, Ming Hseng ^a   Wu, Hui Ching ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aged care; health information technology; homecare informatics; M health; Medication safety; QR code

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REMINDER SYSTEM;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901821476     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-140778     Document Type: Article

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