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Design of a Decision Support System for a Home Telehealth Application

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  • Mas S. Mohktar

    (GSBME, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia & Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

  • Kezhang Lin

    (GSBME, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia)

  • Stephen J. Redmond

    (GSBME, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia)

  • Jim Basilakis

    (School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia)

  • Nigel H. Lovell

    (GSBME, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Abstract

A decision support system (DSS) that has been designed to manage patients using a home telehealth system is presented. The DSS has been developed to assist home telehealth clinical support staff with their workload, and to provide more effective communication between multiple home telehealth users. The three-tier system architecture that consists of a data layer; a business logic layer; and a front-end layer employs business processes and uses a rule engine for its logic and knowledge base. This paper discusses the design considerations involved in the construction of a DSS for the purpose of home telehealth, and illustrates how it may be developed using entirely open source software.

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  • Mas S. Mohktar & Kezhang Lin & Stephen J. Redmond & Jim Basilakis & Nigel H. Lovell, 2013. "Design of a Decision Support System for a Home Telehealth Application," International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), IGI Global, vol. 4(3), pages 68-79, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jehmc0:v:4:y:2013:i:3:p:68-79
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