| Paper Abstract and Keywords |
| Presentation |
2006-06-23 13:50
An Automated Nursing Information System Using GPS/RFID Data for Heavy Snowfall and Mountainous Areas
Yoshifumi Tobita, Hideo Makino, Ryota Takemoto (Niigata Univ.), Izumi Nakagawa, Osamu Sugita (Niigata College of Nursing) |
| Abstract |
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In this paper we present a system for automating access to information required by nurses who are working in rural and remote areas of heavy snowfall. Nursing care stations, for home visit circuits, tend not to be situated in rural and remote areas of heavy snowfall. The reasons for this are principally financial, deriving from movement and timing problems causing cost increases through inefficiency. Other difficulties arise because the nurses must manually prepare their schedules and records. Furthermore, environmental intelligence about the detailed impact of any heavy snowfall episode and of its consequent movement problems tends to be poor. A system has now been developed that automates much of the information required to overcome these constraints, enabling improved visiting patterns and ‘duration of stay’ at any one place. These advances are achieved by integrating GPS and RFID data, with the experience of the nurses. |
| Keyword |
(in Japanese) |
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| (in English) |
Home visiting nursing / Rural regions and mountainous areas / Visiting route / Automatic recording / GPS / RFID / IC card / |
| Reference Info. |
IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 106, no. 127, MBE2006-24, pp. 9-12, June 2006. |
| Paper # |
MBE2006-24 |
| Date of Issue |
2006-06-16 (MBE) |
| ISSN |
Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 |
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