Authors:
Ilídio C. Oliveira
1
;
Nelson Silva
2
;
Ivo da Veiga
3
and
João P. S. Cunha
1
Affiliations:
1
IEETA - Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro and University of Aveiro, Portugal
;
2
Hospital Infante Dom Pedro, Portugal
;
3
IEETA - Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Nursing informatics, Mobile devices, Skin integrity.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Cardiovascular Technologies
;
Computing and Telecommunications in Cardiology
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Health Information Systems
;
Medical and Nursing Informatics
;
Mobile Technologies
;
Mobile Technologies for Healthcare Applications
;
Neural Rehabilitation
;
Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
Technological advances in mobile phones make them appealing to support nursing care at the point of treatment, especially by combining the easy-of-use, mobility and wireless communications. Novel capabilities, such as picture capturing, enlarge the applications scope. In this work, we present the HOPE system to facilitate nursing care documentation, by leveraging on standard off-the-shelf mobile phones. The proposed system moves a substantial part of the work usually deferred and performed at desktop computers to the moment and place of care. In addition, health professionals can document the clinical cases with photos, using the mobile phone built-in camera, which is being applied in diabetic foot consultation. Basic support for wound measurement is available. The information acquired is integrated in the patient’s Electronic Health Record and can be shared using the mobile devices or the workstations. The proposed system is in pilot use at two Portuguese hospitals targeting inpatie
nt care and diabetic foot consulting.
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