Remote health monitoring for elderly through interactive television
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Remote health monitoring for elderly through interactive television
BACKGROUND Providing remote health monitoring to specific groups of patients represents an issue of great relevance for the national health systems, because of the costs related to moving health operators, the time spent to reach remote sites, and the high number of people needing health assistance. At the same time, some assistance activities, like those related to chronical diseases, may be s...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMedical Engineering OnLine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1475-925X
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925x-11-54