Tham khảo tài liệu 'smart home systems part 9', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Aging in Place Self-Care in Smart Home Environments 111 technologies . verbal instructions in using an appliance and aids for sensory deficits . sight hearing and touch . Education Commerce Health Program Entertainment Fig. 1. Key organization in Smart Home based on Chan et al. 2009 and Demiris Hensel 2009 . By offering these functionalities integrated as illustrated in Figure 1 Smart Homes pose interesting benefits. Chan and colleagues 2009 point out the following possibilities of Smart Homes. First through the different monitoring possibilities they enable measurements of vital signs and behavioural patterns which can be translated into accurate predictors of health risks and combined with alarm-triggering systems to initiate appropriate medical action. Second the monitored data can support transmural care Celler et al. 2003 . That is to say they facilitate an infrastructure for coordinating multidisciplinary 112 Smart Home Systems care outside the hospital scheduling visits with health staff and community health workers automating collection of clinical findings and test results and providing means for nursing services in the home Finch et al. 2008 . Third through cognitive sensory and socially participation monitoring and assistance Smart Homes can stimulate patient-centred care Paré et al. 2007 . The offered functionalities enable a patient-centred management approach that provides accurate and reliable data empowers patients influences their attitudes and behaviours and potentially improves their medical condition. By providing accurate and up-to-date information to help take better decision patients become more responsible informed expert and educated self-managers. Fourth Smart Homes offer economic benefits. The use of functionalities in the form of for example personal health records PHR e-prescribing decision support systems electronic management of chronic illness can contribute to increasing care efficiency. This is due to time and cost reduction
