Title: Middleware service architecture over cellular network for mobile medical applications

Authors: Janet Light, Bhuvaneshwari Arunachalan

Addresses: Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, UNB Saint John, 100 Tucker Park Road, P.O. Box 5050, Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada. ' Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, UNB Saint John, 100 Tucker Park Road, P.O. Box 5050, Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada.

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.

Keywords: mobile computing; cellular networks; patient data; emergency medical services; hospitals; middleware; patient care; voice data capture; mobile communications; healthcare technology; patient management; wireless networks; ambulance crews; patient information; patient history; treatments.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.012100

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 2007 Vol.8 No.1/2, pp.107-119

Published online: 21 Jan 2007 *

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