Applying context-aware techniques to design remote assisted living applications
by Alexandre Sztajnberg, Andre Luiz B. Rodrigues, Leila N. Bezerra, Orlando G. Loques, Alessandro Copetti, Sergio T. Carvalho
International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine (IJFIPM), Vol. 2, No. 4, 2009

Abstract: We present an architecture that includes two essential services to compose the supporting infrastructure required by context-aware applications: a Context Service, that provides access to context information, and a Discovery Service. A reference implementation, based on Web Services technology, was used to develop a remote assisted living application, which relies on ambient sensors, placed in each room, to capture context information and on a combo medical appliance to perform blood pressure measurements on the patient, according to a care plan prescribed by a doctor. The collected set of context data may be transmitted to a monitoring centre and also interpreted locally using medical knowledge; the identification of a patient's abnormal condition can activate local actions or send an emergency message to a monitoring centre. This infrastructure can help a doctor to monitor and assist the patient while he or she is performing daily activities and may also help improving the patient's treatment compliance and quality of life.

Online publication date: Fri, 08-Jan-2010

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