title: Evaluation of the web-based "home helper" support system using wireless Internet mobile phones.
abstract: In Japan, Home Helpers provide the home welfare and care services such as cooking, bathing, washing, cleaning, shopping, etc. Last year, we developed the web-based Home Helper support system using wireless Internet mobile phones for improving scheduling and record keeping efficiency and for eliminating unnecessary travel. We have evaluated by questionnaire whether the system can be easily operated. All in all, the system has performed satisfactorily and is in functional use daily.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information & Intellectual Systems, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Hiroshima 731-5193, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidekuni
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yonezawa
authors.forename: Hiromichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Allen W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: W Morton
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Caldwell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D003626:Data Display; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D013689:Telephone; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States