• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.349-357
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• 2012

Although u-healthcare service is emerged as an alternative method for effective chronic disease management services, the service has not yet been applied for real healthcare setting. The objective of this study is to explore the doctors' perception and influential factors on intention to use u-healthcare service. We conducted survey for physicians about u-healthcare service provision to compare characteristics by different groups. In addition, logistic regression analysis is conducted to find out factors affecting the usage intention. As a result, doctors responded only 16.0% of total respondents had experience of u-healthcare services, but also showed that as high as 70.1% had intention to use service. Also, respondents answered that u-healthcare services is appropriate to apply for chronic disease prevention and diabetes and hypertension are suggested as the most appropriate diseases in order. The intention to use the u-healthcare service by non-university hospital doctors was 3.7 times higher than university hospital doctor. This study shows that identifying the differences of doctors' awareness and also the intention to use about the u-healthcare services will contribute to develop more effective business model.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.48-59
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• 2010

한국 사회의 인구 고령화 속도는 세계 최고 수준으로 향후 보건, 의료, 복지 등에서 심각한 사회 문제를 발생시킬 것으로 예상되고, 고령화 사회로 인한 질병 발생률의 증가는 국민 의료비 부담의 증가로 이어져 이에 대한 대책이 필요하다. 이에 따라, 정보통신기술을 이용하여 시간과 공간에 구애받지 않고 언제 어디서나 건강과 생활을 관리하여 건강한 삶을 유지시키는 새로운 형태의 서비스인 유헬스케어(u-Healthcare)가 많은 주목을 받고 있다. 최근에는 일반인, 고령자, 만성질환자를 대상으로 하는 유헬스케어용 건강 개인 기기의 개발이 확산되고 있으나, 표준이 없이 업체별로 제품개발이 이루어지기 때문에 서비스간 호환성 등의 문제가 생기고, 이로 인해 유헬스케어 산업의 성장에 장애요소로 작용하고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해, 최근 헬스케어 분야의 표준화가 활발하게 진행되고 있으며, 표준화를 통해 생체정보 데이터의 취합 및 전송, 분석 및 피드백이 표준적인 방법으로 운용이 될 수 있도록 하고 개인 건강 기기들과 유헬스케어 서비스간의 상호 운용성이 보장이 될 수 있도록 할 수 있다. 본 고에서는 최근 헬스케어 분야에서 가장 활발하게 표준화가 진행중인 IEEE 11073 PHD 표준화 동향과 HL7 CDA의 표준화 동향에 대해서 상세히 살펴보고, 본 연구원에서 개발한 국제 표준기반 유헬스케어 플랫폼에 대한 소개를 한다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.21-27
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• 2011

본고에서는 IT 기술의 급속한 발전과 보급에 힘입어 최근 많은 관심을 끌고 있는 미래의 의료형태인 유헬스케어에 필요한 IT융합 헬스케어기술을 소개하였다. IT융합 헬스케어기술이 성공적으로 실시되면 맞춤형 헬스케어 서비스와 웰빙을 필요로 하는 많은 이용자의 요구에 의해서 헬스케어는 환자 중심의 질병 및 증상을 완화하고, 치료하는 개념에서 점차 일반인의 건강을 증진하고 질병을 예방하는 개념으로 변화 되고 있다. 이를 위해서는 IT 기술과 의료서비스를 융합하여 언제 어디서나 예방, 진료, 치료 그리고 사후관리를 받을 수 있는 유헬스케어 서비스가 제공될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.913-921
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• 2012

On the strength of the rapid development and propagation of U-healthcare service, the service technologies are full of important changes. However, U-healthcare service has security problem that patient's biometric information can be easily exposed to the third party without service users' consent. This paper proposes a distributed model according authority and access level of hospital officials in order to safely access patients' private information in u-Healthcare Environment. Proposed model can both limit the access to patients' biometric information and keep safe system from DoS attack using time stamp. Also, it can prevent patients' data spill and privacy intrusion because the main server simultaneously controls hospital officials and the access by the access range of officials from each hospital.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.111-119
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• 2010

U-Healthcare provides healthcare and medical services, such as prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up services whenever and wherever it is needed, and its ultimate goal is to improve quality of life. This study defines the figure of U-Healthcare personalized services for providing U-Healthcare personalized services and proposes a healthcare model. A diet prescription system for personalized services can draw customized calories and rates of nutrition factors and represent a personalized diet through analyzing the personal preference in foods. This system changes the personal preference by monitoring the diet selection behavior of users. Also, this system is designed to be interactively operated with some sensors and devices in various environments using Java-based OSGi middleware.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.55-62
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• 2012

Convergence of information technology (IT) and medical devices enables people to measure health-related information ubiquitously, such as measuring blood glucose at home and checking cardiac signals during exercise and it allows us to access to medical care anywhere and anytime. Nowadays, the market for U-healthcare medical devices is growing rapidly, but guidelines for the evaluation of safety and effectiveness of such devices remain to be formulated. We performed a study on the development of safety and performance evaluation method for portable, hand-held, U-healthcare medical devices. We reviewed current guidelines and standards for home-health devices from the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) and related international committees such as the ISO/IEEE and CE. We summarized the test methods and items for the evaluation of safety and performance related to U-healthcare medical devices from the above guidelines and standards. We defined requirements for a U-healthcare medical device to demonstrate good performance. In conclusion, we propose an evaluation method for U-healthcare medical devices, which will help improve the safety and reliability of these devices.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.379-388
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• 2013

u-Healthcare integration between ICT and healthcare service is able to utilize effectively for people's healthcare anywhere and any time. The purpose of this study is to explore the perception and influence factors on intention to use u-Healthcare service of physicians and staffs working for medical institutions. Ninety eight(98) valid cases have been collected for this study. It is also analysed by SPSS 18.0 and SmartPLS 2.0M3. Empirical findings provide important insights as follows: firstly, performance expectation, effort expectation and social influence positively influence intention to use u-Healthcare service; secondly, perceived risk negatively influences usage intention, and finally, performance expectation, effort expectation and perceived risk are moderated by voluntariness.

• Journal of Convergence Society for SMB
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2015

Recently the disease by eating of the modern prevention, management, and trends in the u-healthcare service that provides healthcare services including health promotion is changing rapidly. However, u-healthcare service is a healthcare information that provides users of the disease can not be analyzed even if the service is stored or not stored in the management server status is giving the inconvenience caused to users of the health services. In this paper, we propose a management method of health care services and a big data formation information that provides users of the disease to facilitate the users of health care services through the use magazine big data information regardless of time and place. The proposed method has the user's bio-information and the measured health information and transmits data through a wired or wireless communication to the medical institution and the user's health information data formation by the big user of the analysis of the health information and the disease of the user feedback to the user.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.189-200
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• 2011

With rapid development and contribution of IT technology IT fushion healthcare service which is a form of future care has been changed a lot. Specially, as IT technology unites with healthcare, because delicate personal medical information is exposed and user's privacy is invaded, we need preperation. In this paper, u-healthcare service model which can manage patient's ID information as user's condition and access level is proposed to protect user's privacy. The proposed model is distinguished by identification, certification of hospital, access control of medical record, and diagnosis of patient to utilize it efficiently in real life. Also, it prevents leak of medical record and invasion of privacy by others by adapting user's ID as divided by user's security level and authority to protect privacy on user's information shared by hospitals.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.82-88
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• 2012

In this paper, using the Android-based mobile platform designed and integrated U-healthcare systems for personal health care system is proposed. Integrated Biometric systems, electrocardiogram (ECG), oxygen saturation, blood pressure, respiration, body temperature, such as measuring vital signs throughout the module and signal processing biometric information through wireless communication module based on the Android mobile platform is transmitted to the gateway. Biometric data transmitted from a mobile health monitoring system, or transmitted to the server of U-healthcare was designed. By implementing vital signs monitoring system has been measured in vivo by monitoring data to determine current health status of caregivers had the advantage of being able to guarantee mobility respectively. This system is designed as personal health management and monitoring system for emergency patients will be helpful in the development looks U-healthcare system.