TTA uHealth

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TTA u-Health

• Peter J. Kim
• TTA
• 2008. 07. 14

Submission DateJuly 1, 2008
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Highlight of Current Activities (1)

• Creation of u-Health PG in TTA (07. 12)
• ToR Service Platform, Communication Protocol,
  Device Interface and Application Standardization
  Research
• Comprised of three Work Groups
• Work Group 1 Device Interface
• Work Group 2 Service Model
• Work Group 3 Information Security
• Other domestic Ubiquitous Health (u-Health)
  related organization
• Domestic Health Informatics Committee (ISO/TC215)
• u-Health Forum (est. 07. 12)
• Wireless Health Informatics Forum
• Korean Society of Medical Informatics
• HL7 Korea (Health Level 7)

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Highlight of Current Activities (2)

• Status of the u-Health Project Group
• Members are comprised of technology developers,
  clinical users and vendors (as of Jun 2008)
• First meeting held on Feb 2008 and had three
  meetings to develop ToR, WGs and Directions
• Standards in development process
• Technical Privacy and Security Requirements for
  Electronic Health Records of u-Health
  Environments
• u-Healthcare Service Application Framework
• API specification for u-Health Mobile Device
  Interface
• Data Exchange Protocol for Independent Living
  Activity Hub

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Strategic Direction

• Standardization Stage (20082009)
• Standardization priority to be decided based on
  requirements from domestic industries
• International promotion of TTA Standards
• Integration of u-IT into the fields of health and
  well-being
• u-Services for health and well-being to be
  provided using ICT technologies such as RFID,
  USN, mobile services

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Challenges
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Next Steps/Actions

• Narrow the gap of well-being benefits among
  regions for senior citizens
• USN based remote health monitoring system
• u-Health system
• Establishment of basic health infrastructures
• u-Health Infrastructure
• Standardization of u-Health devices and
  information exchange protocols
• Information security for u-Health services