2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Document-based service architecture for communication between health and wellness service providers and customers

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2502,
        author={Jaakko L\aa{}hteenm\aa{}ki and Juha Lepp\aa{}nen and Hannu Kaijanranta},
        title={Document-based service architecture for communication between health and wellness service providers and customers},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
        year={2008},
        month={7},
        keywords={eHealth health and wellness security service architecture.},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2502}
    }
    
  • Jaakko Lähteenmäki
    Juha Leppänen
    Hannu Kaijanranta
    Year: 2008
    Document-based service architecture for communication between health and wellness service providers and customers
    PERVASIVEHEALTH
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2502
Jaakko Lähteenmäki1, Juha Leppänen1, Hannu Kaijanranta1
  • 1: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland.

Abstract

Electronic communication between health and wellness service providers and customers is becoming more common. The paper introduces a new documentbased service approach PIR (Personal Information Repository) supporting information to be sent between the provider and the customer. The advantage compared to existing solutions is that the service can be shared with several service providers, which allows the customer to use the same interface for many services. Furthermore, transmission of structured (HL7/CDA R2) documents is supported allowing semantic compatibility of exchanged health information. A user trial has been carried out for testing the solution. The results are encouraging and reflect considerable interest towards exchange of personal health and wellness information.