Towards a virtual health record for mobile home care of elderly citizens

• Mobile work situations within home care of the elderly require immediate and ubiquitous access to patient-oriented data. The ongoing Swedish research project “Technical support for Mobile CloseCare” focuses on the development and evalua-tion of work-scenario oriented ICT support for enhanced home care of elderly citizens. The aim of the project is to pro-vide a seamless and consistent information flow between dif-ferent health care providers and to give intuitive access to information services for the elderly and their relatives. For that purpose, different independent software components are connected through a mobile communication platform. Flexible access to prioritized information for different users in different work situations will be given through a virtual health record. In order to obtain both usable and clinically relevant systems, a user centered system development approach is followed. Evaluation of the project results will be based on usability tests and quasi-experimental studies on how system implemen-tation influences quality of care and job- and life satisfaction for care providers, patients and relatives.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap -- Mänsklig interaktion med IKT (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications -- Human Aspects of ICT (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Human-Computer interaction

home care services

information systems

medical record

nursing record

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