Menkens, C: Tele Home Care Application Platform

Healthcare services throughout the world are in trouble. Whether publicly or privately financed, and regardless of the mode of delivery, the proportion of expenditures devoted to healthcare is increasing rapidly. Ever-increasing numbers of citizens are dissatisfied with the health services they receive and worry about the ability of the system to provide universally accessible care. In order to maintain health services at desired levels, radical approaches are required to improve quality, accessibility and outcomes, while stabilizing or reducing expenditures. One solution to that is Tele Home Care. It allows patients to remain at home as caregivers monitor them regularly from their workplaces. Along with easy-to-use Tele Home Care equipment, it ensures high-quality care, regular contact and gives patients insight into their medical condition. Thereby problems can be noticed early and measures can be taken to avoid critical conditions. This book documents the and development of a Cisco VoIP Solution based Tele Home Care applications platform including components that enable regular monitoring of patients, enable instant communication between caregiver and patients and more.