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Relation between human and electric care beds (ECB) is complex and special. This study aims at reducing incidence of ulcer and improve comfort when using ECB. To quantify the force distribution exerted upon human body in process of following the care beds for a long period and evaluate the feasibility of new functions of care beds, a group of old people were asked to finish a series of experiments...
Currently, health care providers are competing in a consumer market under financial pressure and resources shortage. Thus, hospitals begin to form networks and develop more logistic cooperation between them in order to maximize the output/ throughput. In this paper, we study the case of the centralization of medical supplies in a French health care network. We analyze the potential gains of such cooperative...
Suicidal attempts have a very significant effect on the society, and they also reflect on the efforts of the supporting health care and counseling facilities and the therapist involved. The impact of suicide is further magnified by the needs of persons who attempt suicide multiple times, requiring emergency health care and rehabilitation. Preventing such activities becomes a major task for the support...
The advancements of wireless body area networks (WBAN) and wireless personal area networks (WPAN) has led to a recent increase of viable applications in wireless medical and healthcare devices. Developing biomedical sensors such as electroencephalograph (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors often require numerous connecting wires which may introduce noise and increase patient discomfort. In this...
We conducted five focus groups with seniors and middle-aged participants who live independently in their own homes to assess the potential value of a home-centered medication reminder system concept. The medication reminder system was conceptualized as a system that uses a television and set-top box, mobile phones and other in-home accessories as a means to set and deliver medication reminders. We...
Body sensor networks are emerging as a promising platform for healthcare monitoring. These systems are composed of battery-operated embedded devices which process physiological data. The reduction in the power consumption is an important factor to increase the lifetime for such systems and to enhance their wearability through reducing the size of the battery. In this paper, we develop an energy-efficient...
This paper describes a system of systems for health care of elderly. The system consists of three systems: one is the system that detects heart rate and it provides the condition of autonomous nerve system. The second one is the system detecting respiration. Third one is the system detecting cough with phlegm to suction. In them we empty non-contacted three senors such as an ultrasonic oscillosensor...
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