Framework for preventing falls in acute hospitals using passive sensor enabled radio frequency identification technology.

We describe a distributed architecture for a real-time falls prevention framework capable of providing a technological intervention to mitigate the risk of falls in acute hospitals through the development of an AmbIGeM (Ambient Intelligence Geritatric Management system). Our approach is based on usi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Visvanathan, R., Ranasinghe, D., Shinmoto Torres, R., Hill, Keith
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62480