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NSF-CRI'07 Breakout Session
June 5, 2007
Opportunities and Challenges of
CRI support of Healthcare Applications
Abstract
The purpose of this breakout
session is to consider and review applications of information and
communication technologies to healthcare and identify CRI challenges.
Solutions to these challenges may come from the convergence and
collaboration of different areas of computer science (networks,
databases, user interfaces, programming languages, among others). In
order to tackle healthcare challenges, especially those involving human
subjects and university hospitals, academic researchers need to consider
exciting directions that call for new ways to achieve mobility and
ubiquity in healthcare systems, interoperability of heterogeneous
medical record formats or databases, standardization of technologies,
security and certification, record mining, HIPAA/privacy restrictions,
data/user authentication, user training, sensitive data sharing,
usability evaluation, scalability, and others. Robust and secure mobile
access improves communication and work flow and allows virtual teams of
scientists to work remotely. New infrastructures to support virtual
research team collaboration with hand-held devices containing vital
health information, remote access to diverse resources (e.g., genetic
databases or software tools), and/or the ability to interact with the
supply chain management of drugs, food and health supplies, are all
important practical applications to global health. New types of CRIs are
needed to track and analyze infection outbreaks and disease phenomena
from biological, behavioral, social, and environmental perspectives or
to track vaccine supplies. Other challenges and applications include,
infrastructures to train and work with foreign health givers, seamless
access to diverse devices, (e.g., handheld PCs, notebooks, tablet PCs,
etc.), sensor-based infrastructures for @home care, methods to prevent
e-health risks from data consolidation, and legal infrastructures to
protect sensitive data (e.g., sexually-transmitted diseases,
drug-dependence, mental health, etc).
Session Leader and Moderator:
Fillia Makedon, University of Texas, Arlington |
