E-servant: an intelligent, programmable system to support and integrate assisted living technologies

Healthcare Technology Letters

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Richard Picking¹  Vic Grout¹  Roberto Casas²  Ruben Blasco² 

[1] Department of Computing, Glyndwr University;HOWLab, Universidad de Zaragoza

关键词: assisted living;    telemedicine;    graphical user interfaces;    knowledge based systems;    cognition;    e-servant;    intelligent programmable system;    assisted living technologies;    telehealth;    telecare devices;    home environment;    graphical interface;    production rule system;    technology-initiated event;    patient-initiated event;    personalised user interface;    central management system;    integrated support environment;    daily living;    older patients;   

DOI  :  10.1049/htl.2014.0052

学科分类：肠胃与肝脏病学

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

The ‘E-servant’, a programmable system to control and manage assistive technologies, telehealth and telecare devices in a home environment is presented. The E-servant is programmed using a simple graphical interface that allows the user to build a dialogue in the form of a production rule system, which is triggered by a patient- or technology-initiated event. The patient interacts with the system through a personalised user interface to reach their goal of completing a task. These tasks, which the authors call ‘scenarios’, can be designed for users of different abilities (cognitive and/or physical). They can also be given priority levels, for example if a potential emergency situation arises in the patient's home, a scenario associated with the sensing of this event takes highest priority. The research presented in this Letter outlines the E-servant, its programming tool and reports its evaluation in living laboratory settings. The results suggest that it can be used as a central management system for supporting an integrated support environment for facilitating healthcare and activities of daily living, especially for older patients.

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