Electronic Healthcare - First International Conference, eHealth 2008, London, September 8-9, 2008, Revised Selected Papers

Title Page

Preface

Organization

Table of Contents

Full Papers

Continuous Monitoring of Children with Suspected Cardiac Arrhythmias

Introduction

Example Cases

Methodology

System Architecture

Concluding Remarks

References

An Evaluation Framework for EU Research and Development e-Health Projects’ Systems

Introduction

Aims and Objectives

Methodology

STEP ONE: Evaluating the System’s Architecture

STEP TWO: Evaluating the System’s Software

STEP THREE: Evaluation of the Prototype

SAPHIRE Results

Architecture Analysis of SAPHIRE

SAPHIRE Software Evaluation Metrics

SAPHIRE Prototype Evaluation

Business Benefits – Conclusions

References

Health@Home – An e-Service Model for Disease Prevention and Healthcare in the Home

Introduction

Stakeholders in Home-Based Prevention and Healthcare

The Health@Home Service Model

Feasibility and Mid-Term Implementation Prospects

Conclusions

References

Agent-Based Simulation of Emergency Departments with Patient Diversion

Introduction

Applications

Local Area Patient Tracking

Wide Area ED Scenario

Visual Simulation Suite

Emergency Department Model

Basic Architecture

Data Driven Simulation

Simulations

Staffing Change Scenario

Data Infrastructure Scenario

Summary

References

Weird Project: E-Health Service Improvement Using WiMAX

Introduction

Service Framework

Equipment and Network Evolution

Privacy and Data Integrity

Telecommunication Technology

Weird Applications Scenario

E-Health Demo Scenarios

Conclusion

References

Data Management in an Intelligent Environment for Cognitive Disabled and Elderly People

Introduction

Project Principal Objectives

Platform Functionality

Data Management Mechanisms

Frame Sensor Adapter (FSA)

Context Management

Enterprise Service Bus - ESB

Conclusions

References

3P: Personalized Pregnancy Prediction in IVF Treatment Process

Introduction

Machine Learning Methods in IVF Data Analysis

Proposed System for Embryo Implantation Prediction

Dataset Characteristics

SVM Classification

Performance Measures

Experiments and Results

Threats to Validity

Conclusions and Future Work

References

Bridging the Self-care Deficit Gap: Remote Patient Monitoring and the Hospital-at-Home

Introduction

Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion

References

Cognitive Network Infrastructures and Virtualization Platforms in Support of Healthcare Applications

Introduction

Indicative Healthcare Scenario

Wireless, B3G Systems

Service-Oriented Management Platform for Offering Virtualization and Cognition

Summary and Conclusions

References

Device Data Protection in Mobile Healthcare Applications

Introduction

Mobile Healthcare Architecture

Security Capsule Architecture

Request and Retrieval Unit

Identity Management Unit

Token Management Unit

Storage Unit

Decryption and Processing Unit

Token Management

Registration Token

Authorization Token

Trust Token

Conclusion

References

Persuasive Mobile Health Applications

Introduction

Heart Angel

Connectivity

Cardio-Respiratory Workouts

Persuasive Physical Exercise through User Feedback

Further Work

Conclusion

References

Teledermatology Helps Doctors and Hospitals to Serve Their Clients

Need for Change in Healthcare Delivery

Health Management Practice (HMP)

Phase I: Telemedicine Development

Phase II and III: Health Management Research

Phase IV: Health Management Implementation

Success of Teledermatology in The Netherlands

Development: KSYOS Teledermatology Consultation System (TDCS®) as an Integrated Service

Research: Performance Indicators

Unique Health Worker Identification Pass Implementation

Number of Prevented Physical Referrals to the Dermatologist

Cost Reducing Effect of Teledermatology

Service for the Patient: Response Time of the Dermatologist

Perceived Benefits of TeleDermatologie

Implementation of Teledermatology

KSYOS TeleMedical Centre: The First Virtual Hospital in The Netherlands

TeleDermatology as a Service Tool for General Hospitals

AXARM: An Extensible Remote Assistance and Monitoring Tool for ND Telerehabilitation

Introduction

The Illness

TRiEM Project

AXARM: Beyond TRiEM

Refactoring

Plugins

The User Interface

Conclusions and Future Work

References

A Group Decision Support System for Staging of Cancer

Introduction

Group Decision Support

The Electronic Medical Record

The System

Conclusions and Future Work

References

A Trust Framework of Ubiquitous Healthcare with Advanced Petri Net Model

Introduction

Background

Building Trust with Advanced Petri Net Model

Modeling Trust Framework of Ubiquitous Healthcare

Modeling Healthcare Behaviors with Petri Net

Trust Framework of Ubiquitous Healthcare Based on Trust Activities withAdvanced Petri Net

Conclusion

References

PPEPR for Enterprise Healthcare Integration

Introduction

PPEPR: Plug and Play Electronic Patient Records

HL7, EPR, and PPEPR

PPEPR’s sSOA for EPR Integration

Example Scenario

PPEPR Assessment

Related Works

Conclusion and Future Work

References

VirtualECare: Intelligent Assisted Living

Introduction

Contextualization

Application Scenario

VirtualECare

Infrastructure

VirtualECare Simulation Environment

Conclusion

References

Privacy and Access Control for IHE-Based Systems

Introduction

Related Work

Background

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)

Access Control

Security and Privacy Requirement

Design Model

Policy Types

Decision Making Process

Security Architecture

Prototypical Implementation

Conclusion and Future Work

References

An Avatar-Based Italian Sign Language Visualization System

Introduction

State of the Art

System Architecture and Organization

ISL Sentence Grammar

ISL Gestures

The Database

Graphic Engine Commands

Conclusion

References

Web Based Personal Nutrition Management Tool

Introduction

Method

The Nutrition Web Portal

Conclusions

References

Event-Based Data Dissemination Control in Healthcare

Introduction

Event-Driven Healthcare

Incidents in Homecare

Healthcare Information Protection

Event-Based Middleware

Middleware

Publish/Subscribe

Interaction Control

Cross-Domain Communication

Health Scenarios

Discussion and Conclusion

References

Short Papers

Decision Support Systems: Improving Levels of Care and Lowering Costs in Anticoagulation Therapy

Introduction

Methods and Challenges

Experimental Results

Conclusions and Future Work

References

NHS Blood Tracking Pilot: City University Evaluation Project

References

eHealth and Global Health: Investments Opportunities and Challenges for Industry in Developing Countries

Introduction

Challenges to eHealth Investments

Conclusion

References

Web-Based Architecture to Enable Compute-Intensive CAD Tools and Multi-user Synchronization in Teleradiology

Introduction

CADTools

Synchronization Tools

Case Studies

References

Research Challenges in Future Health Care Systems

Introduction

Research Challenges

Control Theoretic Approach

Case Study: Queueing Models in Health Care

Background

Control Framework for Optimal Resource Allocation

Aligning Technology with the Organisation Using Focus and User Groups

Introduction

Aligning IT and the Organisation

Focus Groups

Aims

Structure

Functions

Challenges

When Things Go Wrong

User Groups

Structure

Aims

Functions

Conclusion

Diabetes City: How Urban Game Design Strategies Can Help Diabetics

Introduction

How Ubiquitous Computing Evolves into Pervasive Games

Serious Games and Pervasive Healthcare

Prototyping a Game for Diabetics

Objectives – The Spatial Diary

Medical Game Design Concept

Realisation / Work in Progress

References

Potentials of Web 2.0 for Diabetes Education of Adolescent Patients

References

Invited Paper

Induction for Radiology Patients

Introduction

Problem Definition and Algorithm Task Definition

Inductive Inferencing Algorithms

Description of the ILA Algorithm with a Running Example

Experimental Evaluation Methodology

Results

Discussion

Related Work

Conclusion

References

Author Index