• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.8
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• pp.381-390
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• 2010

Recently major developed countries such as U.S. and EU selected u-health as future growth engine industry, and concentrated their capabilities. Major companies all around the world entered this u-health business, too. Most of the research in this field have confined their research focus on the elementary technologies for infrastructure building. This research systematically investigates u-health business models with various objectives in various sub-fields. For this purpose, the value chain of u-health industry is analyzed, and then various business model cases are explored all around the world. Finally, the future changes possible to occur in the life insurance industries are analyzed.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.3-7
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• 2009

본 고에서는 유헬스를 구현하기 위한 다양한 형태의 생체 정보 모니터링 기술의 국내외 연구개발 동향에 대하여 알아보고, 한국전자통신연구원(ETRI) u-헬스연구팀에서 진행되고 있는 생체정보 모니터링 기술의 연구개발 내용에 대하여 소개하고자 한다. 또한, 유헬스 표준화 동향에 대하여 알아보고 유헬스의 전망과 기대효과를 설명하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.4056-4066
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• 2015

For understanding of terminology related to u-Health and activating u-Health industry, it is required to develop u-Health standard terminology for communication. The purpose of this study is to develop u-Health standard terminology and provides guidelines for terminology standardization in order to develop the u-Health standard terminology. We finally developed the 187 u-Health standard terminology through the process of data acquisition, term extraction, term refinement, term selection and term management based on reports, glossary and Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) standards about u-Health. As a result, the standard terminology and guidelines of u-Health optimized to the domestic environment were suggested. They included details of definition, classification, components, the methods and principles of the process for u-Health standard terminology. Presented in this study, u-Health standard terminology and guidelines for terminology standardization would assist the cost-reducing of employing terminology and management of it, while making information transfer easy. This would make possible promoting efficient development of u-Health industry in general.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.27 no.9
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• pp.15-22
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• 2010

세계 최고로 예상되는 급속한 인구구조의 고령화로 향후 우리나라는 보건, 의료, 복지 등에서 심각한 사회 문제에 직면할 것으로 예상되고, 고령화 사회로 인한 만성질환 증가는 의료비 증가로 이어져 국가 재정에 대한 부담으로 작용할 것이다. 정보통신기술을 이용하여 시간과 공간에 구애 받지 않고 언제 어디서나 건강과 생활을 관리하여 건강한 삶을 유지시키는 새로운 형태의 서비스인 유헬스(ubiquitous-Health)가 주목을 받고 있다. 일반인, 고령자, 만성질환자를 대상으로 하는 유헬스용 개인 건강 기기의 개발은 기존의 제품에서 네트워크와 연동이 되는 제품으로 보급되고 있으나, 데이터 상호 운용성이 고려되지 않은 제품이 주류를 이루고 있어 향후 진정한 유비쿼터스 개념의 건강관리를 위한 서비스를 실현하는데 문제가 될 것으로 예상되고 있다. 유헬스 기술이 표준화 되면, 생체정보 데이터의 취합 및 전송, 분석 및 피드백이 표준적인 방법으로 운용이 될 수 있으므로, 개인 건강 기기들과, 이들을 처리하는 유헬스 서비스간의 상호 운용성이 보장이 된다. 본 고에서는 최근 유헬스 분야에서 가장 활발한 표준화가 진행중인 IEEE 11073 PHD 표준화 동향에 대해서 살펴보고, 본 연구원에서 개발한 국제 표준기반 유헬스 플랫폼에 대한 소개를 한다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.27 no.9
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• pp.9-14
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• 2010

최근 유헬스 산업을 꽃피우기 위한 노력이 다양한 형태로 전개되고 있지만, 국민의 건강 복지에 기여하는 효율성 제고와 새로운 고용 창출이라는 두 가지 큰 명제를 달성하기 위해 최소한 필수 국제표준은 채택(Adoption) 해야겠다는 업계의 의지가 부족한 것도 사실이다. 유헬스는 장비, 소프트웨어, 서비스가 다양한 형태의 결합으로 전개될 가능성이 아주 높고, 여러 이해 당사자들의 각기 다른 생각들 때문에 이해 관계가 상충하는 아주 복잡한 영역(Complex Domain)이므로, 표준 기술에 근거한 개발 노력을 경주해야 한다. 유헬스 서비스 전담 병원을 짓고, 필요한 장비, 소프트웨어, 서비스를 일체형으로 수출할 수 있는 기반을 닦기 위해서는 하루빨리 필수 표준기술을 확보하고, 표준기술 적합성(Conformance)을 검증하여 경쟁력 있는 유헬스 산업을 육성할 수 있도록 하는 경쟁력 있는 유헬스 산업을 육성할 수 있도록 하는 정책적 지원이 절실하다. 본고에서는 유헬스 산업 육성을 위한 필수 표준들과, 표준 구현 기술이 Conformant한지를 인증하고 있는 국제적 활동에 대해 기술하고자 한다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.8
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• pp.185-192
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• 2012

Globally, U-health services have been increased according to the increase in interests on health managing and the development of information communication technology (ICT) based on increases in advanced ages and chronic disease. Exiting U-health services provide required services and health information monitoring only through counsels and that represent limitations in preventing and managing cardiovascular disease patients like chronic patients. In this paper, we propose of U-health platform based health management service model using context information. In our service model can provide health monitoring, diet, and exercise service using context information of clinical information and wether in U-health platform environment. Service to offer is the specialized service using external content provider of DB. in addition to, doctor can to provide advice information to patient using monitoring service. The proposed service model provides effective services using context information in U-health platform environments to customers and that will improve the health of chronic patients.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.21-29
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• 2011

U-health care services have been attracted to effectively solve some problems in promoting health and preparing aging society. Although the recent U-health care services have been developed to treat diseases, it requires environment information related to health for preventing fundamental diseases and for promoting health. In this study, a U-health environment service that reflects context recognition information is proposed. The proposed service draws environment information using local weather and healthcare information in users' residential areas. In the context recognition based U-health environment services, various services are provided to users not only health, living weather based menu, and exercise services but user location based warning messages for dangerous regions and remote emergency services. That is, based on such context recognition, some events that are to be occurred to users are detected and then it will provide proper services. Thus, it improves the satisfaction of U-health services and its service qualities.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.23-32
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• 2011

U-health services have been progressed as treatment and management for specific diseases and prevention services for providing the behavior management to customers according to the increase in chronic patients. The conventional U-health services provide required services and bio-information monitoring only through remote diagnoses and counsels and that represent limitations in preventing and managing metabolic syndrome patients like chronic patients. Thus, in this study a multi platform based U-health service model for managing the health of chronic patients is proposed. The multi-platform based U-health service model can provide continuous health information, diet, and exercise services regardless of the location of customers through PCs and smart phones. In addition, it is able to provide prescription services to doctors and nurses using a CDS (Clinical Decision Support) module based on clinical information. Doctors can identify the life pattern of patients through a behavior modification program and provide customized services to patients. The U-health service model provides effective services in multi-platform environments to customers and that will improve the health of chronic patients.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.321-330
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• 2013

Lately, in accordance with the improvement of living standards and income level, concern about the health is continuously increasing and the desire is also becoming diverse. This study focused on the user's acceptance of converged smart u-health system. For the study purpose, this paper analyzed the health and technology factors influencing the user's acceptance on u-health system. Thus this study was carried out by using covariance based SEM in order to test the model fitness and path coefficient. As the results, the health management experience among HPM factors and perceived usefulness among TAM had a positive effect on attitude and the perceived usefulness had a direct effect on behavioral intention.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.55-58
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• 2012

최근 u-헬스케어 서비스는 바이오센서 및 스마트 의료 기기의 발달과 의료 데이터의 교환 및 처리를 위한 표준 기술 등이 뒷받침 되면서 서비스의 실체화가 가속화되고 있는 추세이다. u-헬스케어는 유 무선 네트워크와 밀접한 연관을 맺고 있으며, 이러한 유 무선 네트워크의 사용은 기존의 서비스에서 발생 가능한 보안상의 취약점 및 공격이 u-헬스케어 환경에서도 유사하게 나타나며, 개인 의료정보를 주로 다루는 만큼 그 위험성은 더욱 심각하다 사료된다. 이에 본 논문에서는 u-헬스케어의 보안 위협 및 그에 따른 향후 대책방안에 대하여 논하고자 한다.