Papers appeared about Ward-In-Hand:

A mobile e-health system based on workflow automation tools

by: C.Pappas, E.Coscia, G. Dodero, V. Gianuzzi, M.Earney
Proc. CBMS-2002, 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical Systems, 4-7 June 2002, Maribor Slovenia.
This paper describes the Patient Record Manager and the Workflow toolset of the wireless-based e-health system Ward-In-Hand, developed inside an IST European project and currently in use within three hospital wards: Italy, Spain and Germany. The lack of homogeneity in the healthcare organisations required a suitable implementation of WorkFlow automation tools to create and manage the execution of the caregiving processes, customising them to local ward needs. Solutions for this problem, as well as the integration of the workflow organiser, to be used by individual health professional during daily activity, with the Patient Record Manager are discussed.

Challenges and experiences in the development of a wireless tool: the European perspective of WIH

by: S.Virtuoso, M.Earney, C.Pappas, G.Dodero, V.Gianuzzi, C.Rubattino
Proc. MobilE-Health conference 2002, CAEHR (Centre for the Advancement of Electronic Health Records),14-16 April 2002, Maastricht, NL
The paper describes the experiences of the authors in the development of a wireless-based e-health system, called Ward-In-Hand (IST 10479). The system is currently being used within three hospital wards, in Italy, Spain and Germany. The major problem met, but also the major challenge for such a system, is the lack of homogeneity in healthcare organisations, that requires design choices able to enforce the adaptability to local needs. These problems required the implementation of a Workflow Designer, which is used off-line, for system customisation to local ward needs, as well as the integration of a workflow organiser to be used by individual health professional during daily activity.

Ward-In-Hand: wireless access to clinical records for mobile healthcare professionals

by: M.Ancona, E.Coscia, G.Dodero, M.Earney, V.Gianuzzi, F.Minuto, S.Virtuoso
Proc. TEHRE 2001 m-Health Conference, 1st Annual Conference on Mobile & Wireless Healthcare Applications, 11 - 14 November 2001, London, UK
Ward-In-Hand is an acronym for "Mobile workflow support and information distribution in hospitals via voice-operated, wireless-networked handheld PCs", an EU-funded IST project (IST 10479) established in January 2000. Participants are three IT companies ( T XT, Italy; BMT, UK; and RT, Greece), an University Department (DISI, Italy) and three end-users (DISEM, Italy; CSC, Spain; and Offenbach, Germany). The project has completed the first system prototype, and the three hospitals have already experienced it; presently, a final system is being completed, which includes suggestions and feedback from users experiences. This paper mainly deals with the experiences of the Italian participants to Ward-In-Hand and gives some hints on what will be included in the final system.

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An Integrated Environment for Scientific Data Entry and Management on mobile systems

by: M. Ancona, G. Dodero, V. Gianuzzi, S. Locati, A. Romagnoli
Proc. Chilean Computing Week, First Workshop on Software Engineering, Punta Arenas, 5-9 Nov 2001.
In this paper, an integrated approach to the problem of entering and manipulating scientific data on mobile devices connected in a wireless network is presented, and its ability to support mobile users operating on the field in indoor and outdoor environments is briefly discussed. This approach is based on experiences collected by the authors in the development of three mobile applications, for cultural heritage and healthcare, with mobile computers connected via wireless network.

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Wireless connections in a hospital ward: the WARD-IN-HAND Project

by: M.Ancona, E.Coscia, G.Dodero, V.Gianuzzi, F.Minuto, S.Virtuoso
Proc. TIMED 2001, Genova, Italy, 26-29 Sept.2001
The paper describes the structure and first user experiences of Ward-In-Hand, a system intended to exploit wireless networking on handheld devices at patients bedside in an hospital ward.

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Wireless networking with a PDA: the Ward-In-Hand project

by: G.Dodero, V.Gianuzzi, E.Coscia, S.Virtuoso
Proc. Workshop on "CORBA and XML: towards a bioinformatics integrated network environment", Genova, 17-18 May 2001. 115-118.
The paper briefly describes Ward-In-Hand, a project aiming to support the day-by-day activities of doctors and nurses within an hospital ward by providing a tool for workgroup collaboration and wireless access to the patient\rquote s clinical records. The project, which is at present experiencing its first prototype, is based on accessing the information system from the patients bedside, with a wireless connection through a PDA client.
Ward-In-Hand is not intended to replace or compete with current Hospital Legacy Systems, i t is rather meant to complement them. It exchanges information with existing tools, updates data in real time and makes it available to doctors and nurses adding a new dimension to capabilities currently available in hospital information systems: mobility and ubiquitous computing

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WARD-IN-HAND: an user interface implementation on a PDA platform

by: S.Virtuoso, G.Dodero
Proc. Universal Access for HCI: towards an Information Society for all, NewOrleans 5-10 August 2001.
The paper describes the approaches for implementation of the user interface within Ward-In-Hand, a project aiming to support the day-by-day activities of doctors and nurses within an hospital ward by providing a tool for workgroup collaboration and wireless access to the patient's clinical records.

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Mobile computing in a hospital: the WARD-IN-HAND project

by: M.Ancona, G.Dodero, V. Gianuzzi, F.Minuto, M.Guida
ACM SAC 2000, Como, March 2000, pp.
We present the guidelines of a new project whose main task is to exploit mobile computers, connected via a Wireless Networks, in Personal Health systems, computerizing patient clinical records with sophisticated solutions for taking clinical information at the point of care.

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Last Update Jan.22, 2002