Videoconferencing for TeleAssistance and Monitoring

1. ViTAM
Tele Assistance and Monitoring
José Luis Marzo
Víctor Torres Padrosa
Communications and Distributed Systems
http://vitam.udg.edu, http://bcds.udg.edu
Universitat de Girona (Spain)
May 2011

2. ViTAM Basic Functionality
• Videoconferencing
• For medical and social uses
• For mobile and fixed devices
• Non-traditional customised scenarios
1) Medical teleconsultation with waiting room
2) Call Center (with redirection to a professional)
3) Remote camera control and activation
4) Multiple videoconferencing

3. ViTAM - Related work
• Videoconferencing solutions
– Dedicated systems (e.g. Tandberg, Cisco, Polycom)
• Equipment needed in each terminal, ↑cost
• Difficult to customise
– Specific devices (e.g. set-top box)
• Not produced in mass, ↑cost
– Internet –based tools
(p.e. Skype, Facetime, Openmeetings)
• Call-based workflow or complex interface
• Openmeetings not suitable for smartphone/tablet

4. ViTAM - Benefits
• Videoconferencing reduces social exclusion as it
• Alleviates loneliness and depressive status of patients [1]
• Improves patients emotional and social support [1]
• Reduces transportation and time for people in isolated areas
• Reinforces the feeling of belonging to a group thanks to group
sessions
• Eases access to health for people with mobility impairments
• Videoconferencing
• Reduces personnel costs and increases efficiency in monitoring
• Enables a better and closer monitoring of patients [1]
• Improves adherence to prescriptions [1]
[1] H. Tsai et al. Videoconference program enhances social support, loneliness, and depressive status
of elderly nursing home residents. Aging and Mental Health

5. ViTAM Showcases (I)
• Teleconsultation with waiting room
– Remote control of the patient’s camera
– Online demo and tablet version

6. ViTAM Showcases (II)
• Multivideoconferencing
– Online demo and tablet version

7. ViTAM Showcases (III)
• Videoconferencing on Android tablet

8. ViTAM Business Scenarios (I)
• Teleconsultation with waiting room
• 24h online assistance
• Teleassistance for travellers
• Teleassistance for long term patients

9. ViTAM Business Scenarios (II)
• Patients with social needs
• Visual monitoring of impaired people
• Patients-nurses communication in
hospital rooms or nursing homes
• Training or rehabilitation group
sessions

10. ViTAM Technologies

11. ViTAM Future Functionality (I)
• Tablet app for iOS (Android covered)
• Video recording
• File transfer
• Instant messaging and chat

12. ViTAM Future Functionality (II)
• Calendar, messages & notifications
• Contacts management
• External SW & HW integration
– Electronic health record
– Wireless sensors

13. ViTAM Additional Information
• Web http://vitam.udg.edu
• Online demos
• Online videos
• Papers and presentations
– Contact
• José Luis Marzo (joseluis.marzo at udg.edu)
• Víctor Torres (victor.torres at udg.edu)
• Eusebi Calle (eusebi.calle at udg.edu)