# Wireless Innovations in Community Healthcare

> MeRC Working Paper #16 by Norman Archer, February 2006: a wireless system giving homecare nurses online access in Simcoe County, Ontario, with eight research areas.

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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.