Fall prevention intervention technologies: A conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 319-345

  Hamm, Julian ^a   Money, Arthur G ^a   Atwal, Anita ^a   Paraskevopoulos, Ioannis ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative care; Conceptual framework; Falls prevention; Healthcare; Self care; Technology based interventions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; USER INTERFACES;

COLLABORATIVE CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; FALLS PREVENTION; SELF-CARE; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALL PREVENTION INTERVENTION; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AMBULATORY MONITORING; FALLING; HOME CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84961642201     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.12.013     Document Type: Review

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