Research Article

A Smart Telecare System at Digital Home: Perceived Usefulness, Satisfaction, and Expectations for Healthcare Professionals

Table 1

TTS and TALISMAN comparison.

TTSTALISMAN

ComponentsHome unit + pendantIt also includes presence, smoke, dioxide carbon and flood detectors, fall detector, bed and chair occupancy sensors, contact sensors, glucometer, electrocardiogram, pulse and oxygen, movement, activity, pulse, body temperature and airflow sensors, and a processing and reasoning device

Way to notify a possible problem for the userPress the buttonIt includes environment detection through sensors and reasoning over collected data

Quantity of information about a dangerous situationInformation obtained through communication with the user. If the user is not near to the home unit or is fainting, it is not possible to know the situation’s gravityWith the TALISMAN system, it is possible to obtain data collected from the environment. The Telecare center can obtain information about place at home, environment situation, and last activities carried out by the user

Possibility to detect possible health riskOnly by means of information obtained through communication with the userThe TALISMAN system could include a history of daily life activities and timelines. This register of facts could help to detect a new health symptom (user waking up often at night, problematic patters of sleeping, lack of alimentation, etc.) or dangerous situations like staying too long in bedroom without going out and so on

Possibility to interact with the house of the user in case of gas scape or flood, for exampleIt is not possible for the Telecare staffTelecare staff could stop some actuators at home through gas/water electrovalves, for example

Action proposals when a risk situation occursNoneTALISMAN can propose some actions to the Telecare staff, according to the detected situation