Middleware service architecture over cellular network for mobile medical applications Online publication date: Sun, 21-Jan-2007
by Janet Light, Bhuvaneshwari Arunachalan
International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM), Vol. 8, No. 1/2, 2007
Abstract: Mobile computing is the next technology frontier for health care providers. Data capture and retrieval using mobile computers eliminate inefficiencies and time delays in the patient management process. Our goal here is to develop a software tool for wireless patient data entry by the ambulance crew into EMS/hospital servers. The tool also retrieves vital patient information such as the patient history and early treatments from the EMS/Hospital server to assist the patient care process. The proposed architecture facilitates automating tasks by small mobile agents with user convenient interfaces and connections. A special feature in this tool is the inclusion of voice data capture. The required functions are implemented in the middleware of the EMS application. The proposed architecture is developed such that interfaces and agents can be just plugged in and out of the middleware (scalable), to suit the application.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook