Title: Design, field experiments and evaluation of a web-based remote medical care support system

Authors: Akio Koyama, Junpei Arai, Satoshi Sasaki, Leonard Barolli

Addresses: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Japan. ' Department of Information and Control Engineering, Yamagata College of Industry and Technology, Japan. ' Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Japan. ' Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Abstract: In this research, we propose and develop a remote medical care system to support nurses, care managers and care helpers during their work. The proposed system has three functions: a multipoint communication function using video images and voice, vital signs data auto-uploading and referencing function, and a drip infusion monitoring function. In this paper, we present the proposed remote medical care support system and report the field experiment results using the system in a medical care support centre. The experimental results show that the proposed system has a good performance.

Keywords: remote medical care; medical care support systems; remote video conferencing; vital signs; drip infusion monitoring; doctor agents; internet; web-based medical care; healthcare technology; communication.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWGS.2008.018494

International Journal of Web and Grid Services, 2008 Vol.4 No.1, pp.80 - 99

Published online: 25 May 2008 *

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