title: Requirements and prototyping of a home health care application based on emerging JAVA technology.
abstract: IT support for home health care is an expanding area within health care IT development. Home health care differs from other in- or outpatient care delivery forms in a number of ways, and thus, the introduction of home health care applications must be based on a rigorous analysis of necessary requirements to secure safe and reliable health care. This article reports early experiences from the development of a home health care application based on emerging JAVA technologies. A prototype application for the follow-up of diabetes patients is presented and discussed in relation to a list of general requirements on home health care applications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, S-581 83, Linköping, Sweden. leili@imt.se
authors.forename: Leili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lind
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sundvall
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: Nosrat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shahsavar
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahlfeldt
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D017028:Caregivers; D040421:Cell Phone; D016494:Computer Security; D003199:Computer Systems; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D034742:Electronic Mail; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation