Françoise Petersen

Standardization work on personalized eHealth systems

For widespread adoption of eHealth, and to achieve eInclusion and eAccessibility, eHealth systems must be tailored to each individual users needs and preferences. Many eHealth products and services contain adjustable parameter settings, but they are specific to each product and unrelated to each other. This paper describes ongoing work to establish standards and guidelines for personalization of eHealth systems, taking into account the needs of all users, both clients and caregivers. The standard builds on a generic ‘user profile’, which stores data about the users, their preferences and their context. This profile can then be used by eHealth services and devices to ensure a user experience tailored to each person. The work surveys relevant areas of personalization, like identity management, profile management etc, addressing in depth those aspects of personalization that are specific to eHealth: User capabilities, care provider roles and functions, health related information, and confidentiality measures.

Context Sensitive Personalization Utilizing User Profiles: Standardization Work at European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

As communication systems and technology become more advanced and complex, it will be increasingly important to focus on users’ individual needs. Personalization can range from simple cosmetic factors such as customised ring tones to the complex tailoring of the presentation of a shopping web site to a users personal interests, or highly personalized eHealth systems including sensor networks. Personalization and effective user profile management will be necessary to ensure the uptake and success of new services and devices and it is therefore important to focus on the users’ requirements in this area and define solutions that meet these requirements. This paper describes an architectural framework for user profile management and explains a solution for context sensitive automatic activation of user profiles.

An Architectural Approach to Building Ambient Intelligent Travel Companions

In theory, persons with impairments including elderly have the same rights of taking part in everyday life activities and society. However in practice, they are at risk of being excluded because of the great number of ICT solutions not addressing the needs of people with impairments. This paper describes a system which provides personalized services supporting people with impairments and patients travelling for medical reasons, work, social contacts, daily outdoor life activities, etc. In this paper, the authors focus on the scenarios, requirements, architecture, integration, requirements fulfillment, and conclusions of building an ambient intelligent travel companions.

From cards to portable devices and Sensor Networks for wireless personalized health services

Modern health care systems aim to involve both health professionals and patients. Technologies like the Internet, mobile phones, sensors, etc. enable patients to actively participate in health care processes. Personalization of health services based on the application of portable devices, sensors and actuators offers a real opportunity for practicing high quality wireless personalized shared care. The seminar jointly organized by EFMI WG “Personal Portable Devices (PPD)” and ISO/IEC JTC 1 “Study Group on Sensor Networks (SGSN)” aims at identifying criteria/factors determining the application of personalized portable devices, sensors, and actuators for wireless networked health care and welfare service provision. The topics are based on experiences from national, EU, and international projects, emerging standardization activities, and existing and emerging routine implementations in the domain of personal health care.