Mobile application to monitor and control epidemics in patients with acute respiratory diseases (ARDs) | |
| Author | Ratchadaporn Rermlawan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IM-10-01 |
| Subject(s) | Mobile communication systems Patients--Home care Cellular telephones |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Information Management, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IM-10-01 |
| Abstract | In recent years, Acute Respiratory Diseases (ARDs) have rapidly spread around the world. There are a large amount of people who are suspected to get infected by ARDs, in particular AH1N1. Patients who have symptoms like ARDs visited hospital. Some of them were considered to admit only, while, some were treated as outpatient. Due to a limited number of hospital beds and hospital staff, hospitals cannot provide sufficient service and support to large numbers of suspected ARD patients. Many patients who are suspected of having an ARD have normal vital signs and can be transferred to home care service. However, the incidences of deaths in home care service still exist. Therefore, this study is aimed to propose a suspected ARD patient monitoring and controlling system by using mobile technology to remotely monitor home care patients with suspected ARD in order to reduce the difficulties of caring for these patients. There are two main groups of users: hospital staff and patients. Hospital staff accesses the system via PC/laptop in a hospital to record the medical history of suspected ARD patients. Patients access the system via mobile phone to record daily observation symptoms related to ARDs and to provide the recommendation for the patient‘s environment. In summary, both hospital staff and patient users are satisfied with the overall information quality, the system quality, decision support tool, and the overall system. |
| Year | 2010 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IM-10-01 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Information Management (IM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Vatcharaporn Esichaikul; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Janecek, Paul;Donyaprueth Krairit; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010 |