1. Proceedings
  2. I3M
  3. 2018
  4. EMSS
  5. 10.46354/i3m.2018.emss.005

E-Health bubble: an e-health system for caregiving services dedicated to elderly

  • a Marco Frascio  ,
  • b Francesca Mandolfino  ,
  • c Marco Sguanci  
  • d Franco Borasi  
  • e Luca Bordignon  
  • d Giuseppe Molinari  
  • a, b, c DiSC University of Genoa – School of Medicine
  • d, e Technology For Edge Applications srl Genova
  • f Telemedico srl Telecardiology Center, Genova
Cite as
Frascio M., Mandolfino F., Sguanci M., Borasi F., Bordignon L., Molinari G. (2018). E-Health bubble: an e-health system for caregiving services dedicated to elderly. Proceedings of the 30th European Modeling & Simulation Symposium (EMSS 2018), pp. 31-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2018.emss.005

Abstract

eHealth Bubble is an eHealth information and communication technology system whose aim is completing the tele health and tele caregiving services dedicated to elderly or affected by chronic disease patients. eHealth Bubble integrates but does not substitute the existing telemedicine solutions: it makes available plug&play interfaces and easy connection systems, safe and solid to integrate and interface with more common and used medical tools; trough a complex sensors network, will permit to create a virtual space (eHealth bubble) around the patient able to control minute by minute every medical tool, drug and to follow him in all his clinically relevant activities without any kind of medical assistance.
The system has been thought both in a residential and in a mobile version. Residential eHealth bubble (HB_R): to assist motionless or quite motionless patients Mobile eHealth bubble (HB_M): to control autonomous patients eHealth components are: - Base station: a telematics station to connect eHealth bubble and the medical and paramedical units - Sensors web: a sensors network wireless connected with the base station that define the virtual space landmarks Virtual space: is constantly related to the base station and integral with the patient The project has been articulated in three phases: 1. High level pianification of functional peculiarities and selection of the technologies and informatics solutions more adequate to reach the telemedicine service goals (sensors, software applications and telecommunication networks) 2. Testing, engeneering and economics 3. Involving and cooperating with health experts. It has been proposed in a service way for telemedicine companies.

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