Abstract
Home telehealth services for elderly people promise to contribute
to a more efficient health care in the future. Though isolated services
at a patient's home might make sense for some applications, the full
potential of home telehealth only arises through its integration
into existing health information systems (HIS) and care processes.
We know about traditional HIS architectures. However, so far no models
exist, helping us to understand and describe the upcoming sensor-enhanced
transinstitutional information system architectures for home telehealth
services. To develop a nomenclature for sensor-enhanced transinstitutional
health information system architectures. We conducted two systematic
literature reviews, assessing typical services and users of home
telehealth and key characteristics of transinstitutional health information
system architectures. The information retrieved from both reviews
was integrated to build the nomenclature sought after. We present
a nomenclature of information and communication technology (ICT)
architectures for home telehealth services. The developed dimensions
provide an overview on typical users, services, operating organisations,
information flow, geographical reach and architectural paradigms
of sensor-enhanced transinstitutional health information systems.
The developed nomenclature helps us to better understand the upcoming
ICT architectures. However, we are still in need of further experiences
with their application.
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