遠距照護為醫療及健康照護上的重要議題，各種相關研究及技術亦蓬勃發展中。雖然先前研究已開發出各種遠距照護系統，但仍有以下不足之處: (1) 先前系統普遍缺乏量測自動化，因此照護人員進行例行性量測後，須以手動方式紀錄量測結果。此過程不僅過於繁瑣，並且容易造成人為記錄錯誤。(2) 儀器間缺乏互通性與連接性，導致量測資訊不易整合。(3) 系統缺乏可攜性，使得照護人員不便攜帶並無法提供行動照護。本研究提出了一套以Continua規範為基礎並建置於行動平台上之遠距照護架構，提供即時照護指引推薦並應用於慢性病患照護。本架構主要功能乃藉由行動平台的可攜性及無線行動網路，提供照護人員更便利以及有效率的照護環境。本研究實作一套以Continua規範為基礎的即時照護指引推薦系統。資料在量測完畢後會自動傳輸並儲存至系統，縮短了原本的量測流程，也減少了人為紀錄發生疏失的機會。此外，系統與儀器間具有互通性以及連接性，可輕易地在符合CHA規範的儀器間傳輸資料，而不需要額外的操作與設定，資訊可更容易被整合。本研究亦利用情節探勘技術，監測病患生理數值並即時推薦照護指引，讓照護人員可以盡早實施相關預防照護行為。實驗結果顯示，本研究所提出之系統確實能在臨床資料中找到具生理意義的規則，且這些規則可作為輔助照護人員照護病患的參考。

Telehealth is an important issue in medical and healthcare domains. Although many telehealth systems have been developed, they incur the following deficiencies: (1) The previous systems lack the function of automatic vital signs data transmission. Consequently, the task of measuring vital signs of patients becomes a repetitive process. (2) The previous systems lack interoperability and connectivity between devices. Thus, the information of vital signs is hard to be integrated. (3) The previous systems lack portability. In view of these, we propose a framework for Continua-based care guideline recommendation system, which utilizes mobile device platforms to provide chronic patients with care guideline recommendation in real-time and allows vital signs data to be transferred between different devices automatically without unnecessary operations and setup. In the proposed framework, the processes of vital signs data measurement are streamlined and the probability of inputting incorrect data is decreased. Moreover, the proposed system adopts the episode mining techniques to monitor vital signs of patients and recommend care guidelines to caregivers as references for taking preventive care actions in real-time manner. The experimental results show that the proposed system can discover representative rules from clinical data with physiological meaning and thus provide useful insights to caregivers.

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