Wireless Innovations in Community Healthcare

Working Paper #16 by Norman Archer, February 2006.

• A highly innovative home healthcare project in Simcoe County, Ontario.
• A wireless system gave homecare nurses online access.
• Eight research areas ran in administrative and clinical areas.
• Initial results covered business case analysis and the first modules.

Keywords: home healthcare, business case research, usability and technology acceptance, system interoperability, supply chain management, clinical and administrative decision support, self management of chronic disease.