A reference Architectre for healthcare supportive home

• Grant number: 13/20317-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): July 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): May 01, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Acordo de Cooperação: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Elisa Yumi Nakagawa
• Grantee: Lina María Garcés Rodríguez
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/19192-2 - A reference architecture for healthcare supportive home systems, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Population ageing has been taking place in many countries across the globe and more recently in emerging countries as Brazil. In this context, Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) has become one focus of attention, including methods, products, services, and AAL software systems that support the everyday lives of elderly people, promoting mainly their independence and dignity. In AAL domain, a range of platforms and few reference architectures have been developed in recent years in order to support the development of such systems. However, these platforms and architectures are not still widely applied to support older people at home, due to the current solutions are not user-centric. Furthermore, the existing reference architectures intend to address all the scope of AAL domain, leading to spend a lot of time when these are instantiated for developing specific AAL systems, e.g., eHealth systems running in smart homes. In short, eHealth systems involve medical informatics applications (e.g., dissemination of health-related information, storage and exchange of clinical data, interprofessional communication, computer-based support, patient-provider interaction, education, health service management, or health communities and telemedicine) to facilitate the management and delivery of health care. In this perspective, the main objective of this PhD research project is to propose a reference architecture for user-centric Healthcare Supportive Home (HSH) systems i.e., systems that combine prevention tools and services, to alarm elder health conditions and to trigger preventive actions, based on perceived trends and behavioral patterns. It is desired with this project contributes to reuse design expertise and facilitates the development, standardization, evolution, and quality of HSH software systems. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GARCES, LINA; AMPATZOGLOU, APOSTOLOS; AVGERIOU, PARIS; NAKAGAW, ELISA YUMI. Quality attributes and quality models for ambient assisted living software systems: A systematic mapping. INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY, v. 82, p. 121-138, FEB 2017. (13/20317-9, 15/19192-2, 14/02244-7)

GARCES, LINA; OQUENDO, FLAVIO; NAKAGAWA, ELISA YUMI. Assessment of Reference Architectures and Reference Models for Ambient Assisted Living Systems: Results of a Systematic Literature Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-HEALTH AND MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS, v. 11, n. 1, p. 17-36, JAN-MAR 2020. (13/20317-9, 18/07437-9)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

RODRÍGUEZ, Lina María Garcés. A reference architecture of healthcare supportive home systems from a systems-of-systems perspective. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) São Carlos.