Home Health Care Service Using Routine Vital Sign Checkup and Electronic Health Questionnaires

주기적인 생리변수 측정과 전자건강설문을 이용한 재택건강관리서비스

  • Published : 2001.10.01

Abstract

In this Paper. we describe a home health care service using electronic health questionnaires and routine checkup of vital signs Including ECG (Electrocardiography) , blood pressure. and SpO$_2$ (Oxygen Saturation) . This system is for patients at home with chronic diseases, discharged Patients, or any normal people for the Prevention of disease The service requires a home health care terminal and a PC with Interned connection installed at Patient home. The distance health care management center is equipped with a vital-sign and questionnaire interpreter as well as database, Web, and notification servers with UMS (Unified Messaging System). Participating Physician can access the servers at the center using a Web browser running on a PC available to them at any time. These components are linked together through various kinds of data and voice communication channels including PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) . CATV(Community Antenna TV) . Interned. and mobile communication network. Following the Physician's direction given to a Patient. he or she uses the home health care terminal to collect vital signs and fill out the questionnaire. When the terminal automatically transmits these data to the management center. the data interpreter and servers at the center process the information fo1lowing the Protocol implemented on the system. Physicians can retrieve and review data corresponding to their Patients and send back their diagnostic reports to the center. UMS at the center delivers the physician 's recommendation to the corresponding patient through the notification server. Patients can also reprieve and review their own records as well as diagnostic reports from physicians. The system Provides a new way of collecting diagnostic information and delivering doctor's recommendation to patients at home for their health management. Future works are needed in the development of new technology for measurements and interpretations of various vital signs .

본 논문은 가정에 있는 만성질환자, 퇴원한 환자 및 자신의 건강을 염려하는 정상인 등을 대상으로 매일 측정한 심전도. 혈압. 혈중 산소 포화농도 등과 같은 생리변수와 건강 설문에 대한 응답을 분석하여 건강상태를 지속적으로 파악하고, 비정상적인 상태가 발견될 경우에는 의사가 정확히 확인하여 필요한 조치를 조언하는 재택건강관리서비스에 대해서 기술하고 있다 재택건강관리서비스를 위해서 가입자는 재택건강관리단말기와 인터넷에 연결된 PC를 가정에 구비하여야 한다. 관제센터는 의사와 가입자의 기본정보와 가입자의 건강정보를 저장하기 위한 데이터베이스 시스템, 생체신호와 건강설문을 분석하여 현재상태의 비정상여부를 판단하는 건강상태자동평가시스템, 가입자와 의사들이 웹 브라우저를 사용하여 원하는 건강정보를 데이터베이스에서 검색, 조회하고. 그 내용을 수정. 편집하여 저장할 수 있는 웹 기반 건강정보관리시스템이 필요하다. 또한, 공중전화망 및 무선통신망을 이용한 음성 및 문자 전송과 인터넷을 이용한 전자우편에 의해 의사의 소견을 가입자에게 전달하는 통합 메시징 시스템 (UMS). 종합검진센터에서 의사가 검사결과와 문진 결과를 입력하기 위한 정보입력 PC. 병원에서 의사가 가입자의 정보를 조회하거나 정밀진단결과를 입력하기 위한 인터넷 PC 등이 설치되어야 한다. 일반에게 이러한 서비스를 널리 보급하기 위해서는, 생리변수들의 무구속 및 무자각 측정기술과 지능적인 건강평가 알고리즘의 개발에 대한 연구가 계속 수행되어야 할 것이다.

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