Meeting the challenges--the role of medical informatics in an ageing society.

摘要: The objective of this paper is to identify trends and new technological developments that appear due an ageing society relate them current research in the field medical informatics. A survey literature reveals recent advances have been made fields "telecare home-monitoring", "smart homes robotics" "health information systems knowledge management". Innovative technologies such as wearable devices, bio- environmental sensors mobile, humanoid robots do already exist ambient assistant living environments arc being created for society. However, those be adapted older people's self-care processes coping strategies, support ways healthcare delivery. Medical informatics can process by providing necessary infrastructure, contribute standardisation, interoperability security issues provide modelling simulation techniques educational purposes. Research increasing importance with regard arc, moreover, management, ubiquitous computing human-computer interaction.