ICEHST 2010 Abstracts
Area 1 - Treatment facilities
Short Papers| Paper Nr: | 2 |
| Title: | USER INVOLVEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH EATING DISORDER – The Design Process from User needs to Prototype |
| Authors: | Marie Sjölinder, Kristina Höök, Jarmo Laaksolahti, Liselotte Jansson, Cecilia Bergh, Per Södersten and Modjtaba Zandian |
| Abstract: | The aim of this work was to investigate different methods for involving patients with eating disorders in the design process. According to the specific needs of this group of patients four main design goals were set up for the system. These were: Providing an artificial case manager able of answering questions and of interacting with the patient; Enhancing motivation to get well; Providing distraction from the disease; Providing an appealing environment that the patients find interesting enough to use for a longer period of time. To meet these requirements several methods for involving end-users were used including “Cultural Probes”, “Repertory Grid Technique” and ”Wizard of Oz”. This paper describes our experiences of using these methods when developing a system for patients with eating disorders. The methods and the tasks used in the different studies also turned out to be a distraction away from the disease, which shows the potential of making the development process a part of the actual usage. The patients’ enthusiasm regarding the tasks in the studies also showed the importance of using methods suitable with respect to the symptoms of the disease and tasks that the specific group of patients find interesting and meaningful. |
Area 2 - The role of software and hardware in support of monitoring and treatment
Short Papers| Paper Nr: | 5 |
| Title: | EXPERIENCES IN REMOTE MONITORING OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES |
| Authors: | Jaime Galán-Jiménez, Alfonso Gazo-Cervero and José-Luis González-Sánchez |
| Abstract: | During recent years the number of patients who suffer from chronic diseases has noticeably increased in developed countries. This implies an increase both in costs and resource allocation of the health system and in the commuting frequency to health centers by patients as well. These costs can be reduced by using mobile communication technologies. In addition, these technologies can also be used to improve the patients´ quality of life who suffer from chronic diseases, their relatives and caregivers. However, wireless communications can be affected by interferences generated in the patient’s domestic environment. The work presented in this paper describes an architecture which aims to improve assistance quality using health monitoring services and remote monitoring of patients that suffer from chronic diseases. |
| Paper Nr: | 7 |
| Title: | AN RFID-BASED DRUG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A case in Medical Organization |
| Authors: | S. L. Ting, S. K. Kwok, Albert H. C. Tsang and W. B. Lee |
| Abstract: | Drug safety has attracted considerable public concern and press attention in recent years. Many precautions have been suggested to ensure the accuracy of drug distribution to patients but the results are not yet fully satisfactory. Enhancement of drug management is undoubtedly a trend to ensure no medication error happen in the healthcare industry, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in this situation. Drug Management System (DMS) is proposed as a platform for the hospital and clinics to explore the drug safety and patient safety. This paper will present the details about DMS for assisting the medical workers in drug replenishing and dispensing process. Also, problems existing in drug safety and benefits bring from DMS are presented. |
Posters
| Paper Nr: | 6 |
| Title: | EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES RESEARCH INTEGRATES TOGETHER DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDICAL DATA |
| Authors: | Petr Včelák, Jana Klečková and Vladimír Rohan |
| Abstract: | The cerebrovascular diseases are one the most common cause of death worldwide. The second most frequent cause of death in the Czech Republic. The proposed database should notably contribute to the solution of this complex problem. Its profit is based on medical data interconnection and aggregation of collaborating centers. There are stored miscellaneous de-indentified medical data in the database such as (1) a set of patient’s clinical data in a DASTA file format, (2) a set of brain scans like computed tomography in a DICOM files, (3) data from Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke (SITS) register. The experimental database project has an extensible support for any other fitted data format. |