DOCUMENT #:
GSC13-PLEN-22
FOR:
Presentation
SOURCE:
TTA
AGENDA ITEM:
Plenary; 6.5; Healthcare ICT
CONTACT(S):
Suk-kyu Kang (redorb@tta.or.kr), Peter J. Kim (pjk@tta.or.kr)
TTA u-Health
Peter J. Kim
TTA
2008. 07. 14
Submission Date:
July 1, 2008
Highlight of Current Activities (1)
Creation of u-Health PG in TTA (’07. 12)
 ToR: Service Platform, Communication Protocol, Device Interface and
Application Standardization Research
 Comprised of three Work Groups
 Work Group 1: Device Interface
 Work Group 2: Service Model
 Work Group 3: Information Security
Other domestic “Ubiquitous Health (u-Health)” related organization
 Domestic Health Informatics Committee (ISO/TC215)
 u-Health Forum (est. ’07. 12)
 Wireless Health Informatics Forum
 Korean Society of Medical Informatics
 HL7 Korea (Health Level 7)
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Highlight of Current Activities (2)
Status of the u-Health Project Group
 Members are comprised of technology developers, clinical users and
vendors (as of Jun 2008)
 First meeting held on Feb 2008 and had three meetings to develop ToR,
WGs and Directions
Standards in development process
 Technical Privacy and Security Requirements for Electronic Health
Records of u-Health Environments
 u-Healthcare Service Application Framework
 API specification for u-Health Mobile Device Interface
 Data Exchange Protocol for Independent Living Activity Hub
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Strategic Direction
Standardization Stage (2008~2009)
 Standardization priority to be decided based on requirements
from domestic industries
 International promotion of TTA Standards
Integration of u-IT into the fields of health and wellbeing
 u-Services for health and well-being to be provided using ICT
technologies such as RFID, USN, mobile services
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Challenges
Fast Growth toward
Aged Society
Increasing Role of
Women in Society
Social
structure/quality
of life
Proportion of elderly
population(%)
Community/
education/
environment/
safety
Women’s economic
activity rate (%)
Prevalence of a New
Lifestyle
Low
Developmental
Increasing threat
educational
Imbalance
of environment
competitiveness
between regions
and safety
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• Creating u-Life
environment
• Emphasizing wellbeing
• Digital culture in
daily life
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Next Steps/Actions
Narrow the gap of well-being benefits among regions for
senior citizens
 USN based remote health monitoring system
 u-Health system
Establishment of basic health infrastructures
 u-Health Infrastructure
 Standardization of u-Health devices and information
exchange protocols
 Information security for u-Health services
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