Applications of context-aware computing in hospital work: examples and design principles
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Applied computing
Moving Out of the Lab: Deploying Pervasive Technologies in a Hospital
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Guest Editors' Introduction: Pervasive Computing in Healthcare
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Healthcare Systems and Other Applications
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Sensor Networks, Wearable Computing, and Healthcare Applications
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Towards an Implementation of Smart Hospital: A Localization System for Mobile Users and Devices
PERCOM '08 Proceedings of the 2008 Sixth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications
Utilize Common Criteria Methodology for Secure Ubiquitous Healthcare Environment
Journal of Medical Systems
An infrastructure for smart hospitals
Multimedia Tools and Applications
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Pervasive Computing technologies can be successfully adopted in designing smart and enhanced healthcare services and applications. Within a typical healthcare institution, one particular facility which can greatly benefit from pervasive technologies is the Nuclear Medicine Department, where nuclear medicine diagnostic tests like PET scan and nuclear scintigraphy are routinely carried out involving the use of radioactive substances. This paper presents a pervasive healthcare system which is intended to support clinicians in handling nuclear medicine test sessions within an appropriate, safety-aware context. The proposed system also includes features to easily interoperate with heterogeneous software and databases already present in traditional hospitals. Its design lies on a methodology which integrates RFID and photoelectric sensor technologies. An experimental prototype has been implemented and tested showing the feasibility of the system in a real healthcare facility.