Healthservice24

Title

Continuous Mobile Services for Healthcare (Healthservice24)

ASNA project manager

M.J. van Sinderen

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Tel.: +31-53-4893677

Email: sinderen@cs.utwente.nl

Project coordinator

Ericsson Enterprise AB

Project Type

FP6 eTEN

Start / End date

01-04-2005 /01-04-2009

Budget

Project fte

ASNA fte

Participants

Ericsson Enterprise AB, Hospital Clinic Provincial de Barcelona, University of Cyprus, Lito Polyclinic Paralimni LTD, Medisch Spectrum Twente, TMS International, Yucat BV

Project website

Healthservice24

Project summary

For many people, being free to make this choice is one of the aspects that define quality of life.
But a simple walk in the park is not that simple for everyone. Chronically ill people, or those living with a condition that needs regular monitoring, are often limited and not free to do spontaneous things whenever they like. Their regime is planned around hospital visits, check ups and overnight stays.
In many cases, they feel insecure to be away from medical attention worried that it is too risky for their health.

The forthcoming wide availability of high bandwidth public wireless networks will give rise to new mobile health care services.
Towards this direction, the HealthService24 – Continuous Mobile Services for Healthcare aims at realizing the mobile health dream by an integrated mobile health service supporting patients and health care professionals mobility.