All Outputs (81)

The UK’s eHealth cloud project: EHR and the cloud: assessing the benefits and mitigating the risks. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., Lo, O., Thuemmler, C., & Lawson, A. (2012, January). The UK’s eHealth cloud project: EHR and the cloud: assessing the benefits and mitigating the risks. Paper presented at Arab Health 2012 (Electronic Healthcare R

This presentation focuses on: - Using the Cloud to provide geographical flexibility and facilitate information exchange to enable the effective treatment of patients across boundaries. - How the Cloud can improve clinical workflow and provide better... Read More about The UK’s eHealth cloud project: EHR and the cloud: assessing the benefits and mitigating the risks..

DACAR platform for eHealth services cloud. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fan, L., Buchanan, W. J., Thuemmler, C., Lo, O., Khedim, A. S., Uthmani, O., …Bell, D. (2011). DACAR platform for eHealth services cloud. . https://doi.org/10.1109/CLOUD.2011.31

The use of digital technologies in providing health care services is collectively known as eHealth. Considerable progress has been made in the development of eHealth services, but concerns over service integration, large scale deployment, and securit... Read More about DACAR platform for eHealth services cloud..

An Integrated Cloud-based Healthcare Infrastructure. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ekonomou, E., Fan, L., Buchanan, W. J., & Thuemmler, C. (2011). An Integrated Cloud-based Healthcare Infrastructure. In 2011 IEEE Third International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom) (532-536). https://doi.org/10.1109/Cloud

We present a cloud-based healthcare system that integrates a formal care system (DACAR) with an informal care system (Microsoft HealthVault). The system provides high levels of security and privacy within a cloud environment, enabling sharing of both... Read More about An Integrated Cloud-based Healthcare Infrastructure..

Cloud-based e-Health System. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Thuemmler, C., Lo, O., & Ekonomou, E. (2011, September). Cloud-based e-Health System. Paper presented at BCS Health Informatics

This paper presents the future of health care system, which uses the newly developed security infrastructure.

A smarter way to practise (2011)
Journal Article
Thuemmler, C. (2011). A smarter way to practise. BMJ, 342(feb22 2), d1124-d1124. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d1124

Rapid response to the following article - Nolan, Tom -A smarter way to practise, (2011), BMJ vol. 342, doi:10.1136/bmj.d1124 issn-0959-8138, http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d1124

Modelling infection spread using location tracking. (2010)
Journal Article
Mason, A. M., Dingle, N. J., Knottenbelt, W. J., Bell, D., Buchanan, W. J., & Thuemmler, C. (2010). Modelling infection spread using location tracking. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 11, 442-461. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHTM.2010.036925

The precision of location tracking technology has improved greatly over the last few decades. We aim to show that by tracking the locations of individuals in a closed environment, it is now possible to record the nature and frequency of interactions... Read More about Modelling infection spread using location tracking..

Cloud computing - the logistic fundament of future networked care (2010)
Journal Article
Thuemmler, C. (2010). Cloud computing - the logistic fundament of future networked care. PublicTechnology.net,

Cloud computing has the potential to revolutionise data management in health care.

Cloud Computing - health care's silver lining (2010)
Journal Article
Thuemmler, C. (2010). Cloud Computing - health care's silver lining. newswireone,

Cloud computing is the technology prescription that will help the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) beat the budget constraints imposed as a consequence of the credit crunch. The internet based shared data and services resource will revolutionise th... Read More about Cloud Computing - health care's silver lining.

Analysis of Information governance and patient data protection within primary health care (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, M., Buchanan, W. J., Thuemmler, C., Bell, D., & Hazelhoff Roelfzema, N. (2010). Analysis of Information governance and patient data protection within primary health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care,

The introduction of Information Governance throughout the NHS in Great Britain from 2004 onwards, saw Pri-mary Care Medicine subject to a regulatory regime aligning current practice with codes, ethics, legislation and standa... Read More about Analysis of Information governance and patient data protection within primary health care.

DACAR - data capture and auto identification reference project. (2010)
Book Chapter
Thuemmler, C. (2010). DACAR - data capture and auto identification reference project. In H. Sundmaeker, P. Guillemin, P. Friess, & S. Woelffle (Eds.), Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things (202-202). European Commission

The Data Capture and Auto Identification Reference [DACAR] project is a TSB funded initiative to improve network security and to provide dynamic network strategies to safely and securely link smart devices such as RFID tags and mobile diagnostic devi... Read More about DACAR - data capture and auto identification reference project..

A cloudy end to a testing routine. (2010)
Newspaper / Magazine
Thuemmler, C. (2010). A cloudy end to a testing routine

Societal change and novel technologies are driving the evolution of healthcare systems. Cloud computing has the potential to support current structural changes in healthcare in the UK and elsewhere.

Review of "Coding for Success" implementation. (2010)
Report
Thuemmler, C., & Buchanan, W. J. (2010). Review of "Coding for Success" implementation

Coding for Success was published in 2007 and described how bar coding and similar technologies can be used to improve patient safety, reduce costs and improve efficiency. This review aims to outline progress made since 2007, and was recommended by th... Read More about Review of "Coding for Success" implementation..

Review of Coding for Success implementation (2010)
Report
Thuemmler, C., & Buchanan, B. (2010). Review of Coding for Success implementation. London: UK Department of Health

Coding for Success was published in 2007 and described how bar coding and similar technologies can be used to improve patient safety, reduce costs and improve efficiency. This review aims to outline progress made since 2007, and was recommended by th... Read More about Review of Coding for Success implementation.

Information sharing framework: next generation e-Health cloud. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Thuemmler, C., Fan, L., Lo, O., & Khedim, A. S. (2010). Information sharing framework: next generation e-Health cloud.

This presentation outlines the novel e-Health Cloud. See: http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/~bill/e_presentations/healthcloud01/healthcloud01.html

An e-Health cloud. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Thuemmler, C., Fan, L., Lo, O., & Khedim, A. S. (2010). An e-Health cloud.

A significant weakness within cloud-based systems is often their security. This presentation shows how a health care cloud has been created which preserves the rights of the patient to control access to their captured data, and then how this is used... Read More about An e-Health cloud..

Interagency data exchange protocols as computational data protection law. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Lawson, A., Schafer, B., Scott, R., Thuemmler, C., & Uthmani, O. (2010). Interagency data exchange protocols as computational data protection law.

The paper describes a collaborative project between computer scientist, police officers, medical professionals and social workers to develop a communication infrastructure that allows information sharing while observing Data Protection law “by design... Read More about Interagency data exchange protocols as computational data protection law..

Novel information sharing syntax for data sharing between police and community partners, using role-based security. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Uthmani, O., Buchanan, W. J., Lawson, A., Thuemmler, C., Fan, L., Scott, R., …Mooney, C. (2010). Novel information sharing syntax for data sharing between police and community partners, using role-based security.

The exchange of information between the police and community partners forms a central aspect of effective community service provision. In the context of policing, a robust and timely communications mechanism is required between police agencies and co... Read More about Novel information sharing syntax for data sharing between police and community partners, using role-based security..

Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things (2010)
Book
Thuemmler, C., & Buchanan, W. (2010). Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things. European Commission. https://doi.org/10.2759/26127

Description of the DACAR project and its aims and objectives

Radio frequency identification (RFID) in pervasive healthcare (2009)
Journal Article
Fekri, A. H., Thuemmler, C., Buchanan, W., Fekri, H., & Lawson, A. (2009). Radio frequency identification (RFID) in pervasive healthcare. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 10(1/2), 119. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijhtm.2009.02373

Active and passive RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology are available and licensed for the use in hospitals, and can be used to establish highly reliable pervasive environments within healthcare facilities. They should not be understood a... Read More about Radio frequency identification (RFID) in pervasive healthcare.

Setting safety standards by designing a low-budget and compatible patient identification system based on passive RFID technology. (2007)
Journal Article
Thuemmler, C., Buchanan, W. J., & Kumar, V. (2007). Setting safety standards by designing a low-budget and compatible patient identification system based on passive RFID technology. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 8, 571-583

This paper outlines a large-scale audit for the enhancement of quality of care and staff and patient safety using passive RFID (Radio Frequency ID) wrist bands, which link to a patient's database, in order to reduce errors in patient care. It has bee... Read More about Setting safety standards by designing a low-budget and compatible patient identification system based on passive RFID technology..