title: Semantic management of nonfunctional requirements in an e-health system.
abstract: We have designed an ontological environment that makes provisions for choosing adequate devices for remote monitoring of patients who are suffering from poststroke health complications. We argue that nonfunctional requirements in e-health systems, designed for remote patient monitoring, can be managed through semantics stored in ontological models and reasoning performed on them. Our contribution is twofold: (1) we address the pervasiveness of e-health systems by choosing devices embedded in them, and through patients' expectations in terms of having access to pervasive health services personalized to their needs; and (2) we enrich the specification of nonfunctional requirements for remote patient monitoring by highlighting their role in the development of e-healthcare systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Systems and Computing, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Westminster, London, UK. n.koay@my.westminster.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koay
authors.forename: Pavandeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kataria
authors.forename: Radmilla
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juric
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D018907:Privacy; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012660:Semantics; D012985:Software Design; D020521:Stroke; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014584:User-Computer Interface