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Development of User Based Recommender System using Social Network for u-Healthcare (사회 네트워크를 이용한 사용자 기반 유헬스케어 서비스 추천 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Hyea-Kyeong;Choi, Il-Young;Ha, Ki-Mok;Kim, Jae-Kyeong
    • Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.181-199
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    • 2010
  • As rapid progress of population aging and strong interest in health, the demand for new healthcare service is increasing. Until now healthcare service has provided post treatment by face-to-face manner. But according to related researches, proactive treatment is resulted to be more effective for preventing diseases. Particularly, the existing healthcare services have limitations in preventing and managing metabolic syndrome such a lifestyle disease, because the cause of metabolic syndrome is related to life habit. As the advent of ubiquitous technology, patients with the metabolic syndrome can improve life habit such as poor eating habits and physical inactivity without the constraints of time and space through u-healthcare service. Therefore, lots of researches for u-healthcare service focus on providing the personalized healthcare service for preventing and managing metabolic syndrome. For example, Kim et al.(2010) have proposed a healthcare model for providing the customized calories and rates of nutrition factors by analyzing the user's preference in foods. Lee et al.(2010) have suggested the customized diet recommendation service considering the basic information, vital signs, family history of diseases and food preferences to prevent and manage coronary heart disease. And, Kim and Han(2004) have demonstrated that the web-based nutrition counseling has effects on food intake and lipids of patients with hyperlipidemia. However, the existing researches for u-healthcare service focus on providing the predefined one-way u-healthcare service. Thus, users have a tendency to easily lose interest in improving life habit. To solve such a problem of u-healthcare service, this research suggests a u-healthcare recommender system which is based on collaborative filtering principle and social network. This research follows the principle of collaborative filtering, but preserves local networks (consisting of small group of similar neighbors) for target users to recommend context aware healthcare services. Our research is consisted of the following five steps. In the first step, user profile is created using the usage history data for improvement in life habit. And then, a set of users known as neighbors is formed by the degree of similarity between the users, which is calculated by Pearson correlation coefficient. In the second step, the target user obtains service information from his/her neighbors. In the third step, recommendation list of top-N service is generated for the target user. Making the list, we use the multi-filtering based on user's psychological context information and body mass index (BMI) information for the detailed recommendation. In the fourth step, the personal information, which is the history of the usage service, is updated when the target user uses the recommended service. In the final step, a social network is reformed to continually provide qualified recommendation. For example, the neighbors may be excluded from the social network if the target user doesn't like the recommendation list received from them. That is, this step updates each user's neighbors locally, so maintains the updated local neighbors always to give context aware recommendation in real time. The characteristics of our research as follows. First, we develop the u-healthcare recommender system for improving life habit such as poor eating habits and physical inactivity. Second, the proposed recommender system uses autonomous collaboration, which enables users to prevent dropping and not to lose user's interest in improving life habit. Third, the reformation of the social network is automated to maintain the quality of recommendation. Finally, this research has implemented a mobile prototype system using JAVA and Microsoft Access2007 to recommend the prescribed foods and exercises for chronic disease prevention, which are provided by A university medical center. This research intends to prevent diseases such as chronic illnesses and to improve user's lifestyle through providing context aware and personalized food and exercise services with the help of similar users'experience and knowledge. We expect that the user of this system can improve their life habit with the help of handheld mobile smart phone, because it uses autonomous collaboration to arouse interest in healthcare.

A Study on the Effect of Healthcare-based IPTV Quality on Intention to Use (Healthcare 기반 IPTV 품질이 사용의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dong-Gu;Song, In-Kuk
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.18D no.3
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    • pp.185-196
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    • 2011
  • As the Korean Ministry for Health and Welfare announced the likelihood to revise the legislative limit for healthcare telemedicine, u-Healthcare service through IPTV emerged among these business models. However, in spite of many advantages such as treatment improvement, service quality enhancement, and treatment usefulness, most medical trials grafted with IT have not accepted yet. This points out not only that law and institutional environment has not prepared, but also that policy maker neglect the preparation of the strategies through the study on user acceptance. The purpose of this study is to verify the relationship for IPTV quality based Healthcare on satisfaction and intention to use. The results identify that IPTV technology quality for its convenience, contents quality for its completeness, and the quality for healthcare services give significant effect to satisfaction. In addition the study indicates that overall qualities of IPTV technology, contents, and healthcare service, significantly impact on satisfaction respectively and that the satisfaction may lead to the intention to use of this service.

Review of Medical Services for Inbound Muslim Patients Associated with Global Healthcare Industry Activation - Focus on Nutrition Service - (글로벌헬스케어산업 활성화에 따른 방한 무슬림환자의 의료서비스에 관한 개관 -영양서비스를 중심으로-)

  • Bai, Young-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.333-341
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    • 2015
  • This article aimed to investigate problems relating to medical tourism based on a review of medical tourism reports and statistics in the global healthcare industry. To be a leading nation in the global healthcare industry, the needs and culture of many peoples, including Muslims, should be considered. Qualified medical services by JCI certification, including nutrition services, will provide opportunities to participate in the international and Asia medical tourism markets. In this article, the definitions of medical tourism, medical service, Halal and Haram, nutrition service for inbound Muslim patients, and Halal food supply in Korea were examined for medical service improvement. Mutual assistance between the government and private enterprise, sharing of medical service information, and construction of a cooperative network system are needed and should be supported by the government.

u-Healthcare Service Authentication Protocol based on RFID Technology (RFID 기술을 이용한 u-헬스케어 서비스 인증 프로토콜)

  • Jeong, Yoon-Su;Lee, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.153-159
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    • 2012
  • Now a days, U-healthcare comes into the spotlight as a new business model which combines RFID technology with medical service in the well-being era and IT popularization. U-healthcare service needs a method that can deals with hand-writing, overlap data, forgery and falsification of data, difference between information version that happen in medical process because of graft between RFID technology and u-healthcare. This paper proposes RFID based user certification protocol to protect user's privacy who gets medical service through U-healthcare. In the protocol, secret information of patient does the XOR with the secret key that is created in the hospital to reconsider the stability of security system of U-healthcare and user's data forgery and falsification and privacy and then saves it in the secret key field of patient in DB table. Also, it informs the case of illegal access to certification server and make it approved the access of u-healthcare service by differentiating whether u-healthcare is illegal or not.

Design and Implementation of U-Healthcare Monitoring System Based on SOA (SOA 기반의 U-헬스케어 모니터링 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Yun, Sung-Hwa;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Park, Jong-Tae
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.34 no.10B
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    • pp.988-993
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    • 2009
  • In recent years, the development of ubiquitous computing technology as vital information anytime, anywhere to monitor and manage the demand for U-healthcare services is increasing. Accordingly, remote blood sugar management, remote blood pressure management, and research on U-healthcare service have been very active. But, the existing U-healthcare service monitoring devices and services has been implemented in different operating platforms and programing languages which are provided by diverse application service providers. For this reason, the users have difficulty in receiving diverse U-healthcare services. In this paper, SOA-based U-healthcare monitoring system has been designed and implemented. Through implementation, it is confirmed that the proposed SOA based U-healthcare monitoring system can increase the reuse of each service component to make it easier to reconstruct the structure of the new services.

A Study on Wireless Data Quality Measurement Method for u-Healthcare Service in HSDPA Environment (HSDPA 환경에서의 u-Healthcare 서비스를 위한 무선 데이터 품질 측정 방안 연구)

  • Yun, Sung-Yeol;Park, Seok-Cheon
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.127-134
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    • 2011
  • Recently, the wireless data communication infrastructure appearing before the footlights crosses the limit in the wire and develop into the fast speed. Particularly, the issue about the u-Healthcare service using this increases. And the investigation of the quality guarantee of the wireless data network is important for the smooth service providing. However, the quality control research about the wireless network is insufficient because the existing research performs the quality control between the termination about the wired network continually. This paper presented the mobile service quality measurement reference considering the radio environment,that is the method for satisfying the quality guarantee of the wireless data network user offered the u-Healthcare service as the research about this and user needs. For this purpose, wireless data quality measurement indicator and standard was selected. The quality measure evaluation plan was presented according to the service. And each service presented the quality index especially.

An Exploratory Study on CCR-based Smart Healthcare Services (CCR 기반 스마트 헬스케어 서비스에 대한 탐색적연구)

  • Joon-Hwan Kim;Seokjin Im
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.91-98
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    • 2023
  • This study is an exploratory research on smart healthcare services, specifically focusing on a multi-channel CCR based healthcare service system. The study examines the overview and operational principles of the service system, highlighting the significance of user communication and its role in the system's functionality. Furthermore, the study investigates the impact of service quality on user satisfaction and intention to continue using the service. To achieve this, a structural equation modeling(SEM) analysis was conducted with a sample of 188 users who owned and utilized healthcare devices and apps. The results indicate that service quality dimensions (reliability, responsiveness, empathy, assurance, and tangibility) all had a positive influence on user satisfaction. Additionally, user satisfaction was found to have a significant impact on intention to continue using the service. The findings of this study contribute to exploring the effectiveness and potential value of CCR-based smart healthcare services. It was also provided insights for the future development of smart healthcare systems that offer accurate health information and personalized services for individual health management and prevention.

A Method of Defense and Security Threats in U-Healthcare Service (U-Healthcare서비스의 보안 위협과 대응 방법)

  • Lee, Keun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2012
  • The fast-paced development in the field of U-Healthcare, which is available anytime and anywhere, is being underway in accordance with the development of IT technology. U-Healthcare technology has various security threats because it is based on network. The purpose of this paper is to examine the threats of DOS / DDOS attacks based on network attacks, and to propose the response technique that fit the situation of the U-Healthcare service by modifying the existing Detecting Early DOS / DDOS attacks through Packet Counting.

A Study on the Regulation for Mental Healthcare Facility and Delivery System in China (중국의 정신의료시설 및 지원체계에 관한 법제도 연구)

  • Gao, Wen Mei;Yun, Woo Yong;Chai, Choul Gyun
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study analyzes mental healthcare delivery services and types of facilities, the status of installation and operation, and planning standard. The purpose of the study is to propose a basic data for the performance of related research and work tasks, along with an understanding of the Chinese mental healthcare facility type and support system. Furthermore, it will show a lack of current function management as the changes of mental health concept and demand for services increases, and it is intended to provide implications for the construction of mental health facilities. Methods: This study was conducted by a research on law and regulation of China's mental healthcare delivery service system and mental healthcare facility. The analyzed data are the national standard GB, the optional national standard GB/T, the building construction standard JGJ, and the report issued by the Health Planning and Development Committee. Results: At present mental healthcare facility construction in China is in the period of rapid development and it exposes the layout of medical facilities, which is not currently reasonable and the service does not reach the designated position and so on. Overall, it requires more detailed guidelines to enhance the quality of mental healthcare service. Implications: It is expected that the research of this paper will provide effective reference for future research on Chinese Mental healthcare system and facilities, and can promote construction of Chinese mental healthcare facility theory in perfect condition.

The Effects of Perceived Service Convenience on Job Satisfaction, Organizational Trust and Commitment, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Service Workers (지각된 서비스 편의성이 직무만족, 조직신뢰, 조직몰입, 이직의도에 미치는 영향 -의료서비스 종사자를 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Seong-Su;Jung, Chul-Ho;Huh, Jae-Wan
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to find out the factors forming perceived service convenience, and to investigate structural relationships among perceived service convenience, job satisfaction, trust, organizational commitment, and turnover intention in the healthcare service industries. The result analyzing on the hypothesis of this study was as follows. First, service convenience had positively influence job satisfaction, trust, and organizational commitment. Second, the job satisfaction had positively influence on the trust, and the trust had positively influence on the organizational commitment. Third, it was found that the variables of job satisfaction, the trust, and the organizational commitment negatively influenced on the turnover intention. Based on these results, theoretical implications for relevant researchers and managerial implications for healthcare service operation and internal marketing strategy were discussed.