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Session: Poster session II
Session starts: Thursday 24 January, 16:00

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Surahyo Sumarsono (Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen)
Bart Verkerke (Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen)
J. C. Wortmann (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen)

Abstract:
Increased use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and reengineered care processes that provide integration among patients, health care providers, research centres and vendors will be key drivers for pervasive health care services in aging societies. The important factor is the continuously increasing life expectancy that is leading to aging societies with consequences for a new model of health care services, particularly in rehabilitation process. Telerehabilitation (TR) is the implementation of ICT for supporting rehabilitation services [1]. TR provides a practical solution by minimizing the barrier of distance in the delivery of comprehensive rehabilitation services. The rehabilitation process typically requires continuous and frequent monitoring of the patient’s status. TR services will be mostly in a low intensity and in a long period of time. One of the challenges facing TR services is the relative lack of use of sensor-based measures within rehabilitation. Within the project ExerGaming (exercise with serious gaming) a training system will be developed for ageing societies to train their balance [2]. TR will be used to support ExerGaming and it shall enable all medical devices involved to be semantically integrated, makes interoperable platforms to access, communicate and store the rehabilitation status. However, semantic interoperability is difficult to obtain. To date, much of the research on medical device interoperability claims that interoperability can be obtained through standardization [3]. This research argues that standardization alone is unlikely to achieve the goals of interoperability. A methodical design process is the methodology used in this research. It utilizes a cyclical model of design, prototyping, and evaluation of outcomes in order to develop constructs, models or methods. Through methodical design, an existing conceptual model from the ExerGaming case study will be explored to develop a set of interoperability requirements for the TR system. These requirements will be used to develop a framework and demonstrate proof-of-concept implementations. REFERENCES [1] J. M. Winters, “Telerehabilitation research: emerging opportunities.,” Annual review of biomedical engineering, vol. 4, pp. 287–320, Jan. 2002. [2] C. Lamoth, “Exergaming for Balance Training of Elderly,” 2012. [Online]. Available: http://www.imdi-sprint.nl/files/Presentatie Claudine Lamoth.pdf. [3] K. Lesh, S. Weininger, J. M. Goldman, B. Wilson, and G. Himes, “Medical Device Interoperability-Assessing the Environment,” in 2007 Joint Workshop on High Confidence Medical Devices, Software, and Systems and Medical Device Plug-and-Play Interoperability (HCMDSS-MDPnP 2007), 2007, pp. 3–12.