Study and survey about ICT health care system for the home care patients

Abstract

Vital signs are usually used as indicators which tells health status easily but it is hard to say that they are enough used for the judgement of medical intervention. In this study, ICT remote health care system “Anshin-net” sets normal ranges of vital signs based on its data as mean ± 2σ, then determines “abnormal value” which is off the normal range. Abnormal values are put on “the scoring table” then calculated the score. We use Anshin-net for remote monitoring of the home care patients, then extract the its issues and did questionnaire survey.As results, most of cases home care patients could continue to measure their vital sings with the smartphone and measurement device with transfer function by cooperation of their family, and it could be confirmed that effect for changes the awareness of health care. There were many benefits for the primary doctors, too. The doctors can monitor high blood pressure patients remotely. They are able to use the result as a reference to do telephone interview, and visit patient’s house to care. Additionally, they can know patient’s condition worsens during blanc period of medical interview, and confirm the condition before and during visiting.