Development of ubiquitous home healthcare communication system utilizing tablet computers.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24390127
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: SASAYAMA Satoshi 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90215749)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NOMOTO Shinichi 京都大学, 大学院医学研究科, 教授 (00172825) ; UTSUMI Momoe 京都大学, 大学院医学研究科, 講師 (40585973)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 地域医療学 / 医療情報学 / 在宅医療 / 情報共有 / 医療連携

Outline of Final Research Achievements

For effective home health care, doctors, nurses, and other health care　professionals must come together from various organizations, and they are required to work　as a team. However, information is often insufficiently shared among members of the health　care staff. Currently in Japan, an ordinary paper notebook is used to facilitate communication　among health care professionals, and sharing information with this method of communication　is sometimes difficult to do in a timely fashion.
The authors developed and improved　iPad application for home health care named ‘e-Renraku Notebook’ (e-RN), i.e., e-Communication Notebook; ‘Renraku’ means ‘communication’ or ‘contact’ in Japanese. The e-RN　system enables home care patients and their families to input the daily status of patients and to exchange　information with the health care staff in a timely manner.

Free Research Field

医療情報学