• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.85-98
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• 2007

분산 컴퓨팅 환경에서 모바일 서로게이트시스템은 보안상의 문제로 인하여 널리 사용되고 있지 못하고 있다. 현재 가장 널리 사용되고 있는 그리드 미들웨어인 글로버스에서도 모바일 단말기를 인증하는 방법이 제공되고 있지 않아 그리드의 강력한 컴퓨팅 능력을 모바일 클라이언트까지 확장하는 것을 어렵게 하는 중요한 요인이 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 PDA와 같이 컴퓨팅 파워가 약한 모바일 단말기와 그리드 호스트 사이에 인터페이스 역할을 하는 게이트웨이를 두어 모바일 클라이언트도 이동 중에 그리드 서비스를 제공받을 수 있도록 하는 모바일 그리드 서비스 프레임워크를 설계하고 구현하여 ECG 신호 처리를 위한 e-Healthcare 시스템에 적용하였다. 이 시스템은 이동 환경에서 환자의 생체 신호를 그리드 컴퓨팅으로 분석하여 원격에 있는 의사가 진단하는 모바일 헬스케어에 활용할 수 있다.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.95-114
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• 2023

Smart healthcare, combining ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) and medical technologies, has been rapidly emerging. Accordingly, its market has also increased as interest in disease prevention, management, and diagnosis grows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, using mobile devices to support medical activities, mobile healthcare has been attracting attention as a leading service in the smart healthcare market. However, the intention to use mobile healthcare apps may vary depending on individual beliefs and attitudes. Many studies on the intention to use mobile healthcare apps have used the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model), but there is a lack of studies that have been verified from the perspective of users' health beliefs. This study aims to identify the factors that affect the intention to use mobile healthcare apps based on the HBM (Health Belief Model). Furthermore, it investigates how this influencing mechanism fluctuates based on the user's mHealth literacy, the ability to find and understand health information through mobile. This study contributes to the empirical examination of the intention to use mobile healthcare apps through the HBM. It also offers insights for app providers and public health officials to increase the use of mobile healthcare apps.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.53-66
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was considered in order to identify the factors affecting healthcare utilization by Asian immigrants in the United States. Methods: From February to April 2011, a descriptive survey study was conducted in a convenience sample of 250 Korean and Asian Indian immigrants aged between 40 and 64 in the Triangle area of North Carolina. An author-developed instrument was used to assess predisposing, enabling, and need factors according to Anderson's Behavioral Model of Health Services. Utilization Data analysis was performed by $X^2$-test, t-test, and binary logistic regression. Results: Participants' healthcare services experiences were significantly different when they had a longer stay in the U.S., had been employed, had higher income, were Asian Indians, had better English-speaking skills, better health status, more knowledge of health system and health insurance, had higher satisfaction with the healthcare system, and when they were taking prescribed medications and having health insurance. The strongest association with experience of healthcare services was having health insurance with an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 15.37 (95% CI 4.95-47.71, p<.001) and self-reported English proficiency (OR=1.99, 95% CI 1.00-3.96, p=.05). Conclusion: Intervention strategies to increase accessibility to healthcare services should focus on these significant predictors.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.333-341
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• 2015

This article aimed to investigate problems relating to medical tourism based on a review of medical tourism reports and statistics in the global healthcare industry. To be a leading nation in the global healthcare industry, the needs and culture of many peoples, including Muslims, should be considered. Qualified medical services by JCI certification, including nutrition services, will provide opportunities to participate in the international and Asia medical tourism markets. In this article, the definitions of medical tourism, medical service, Halal and Haram, nutrition service for inbound Muslim patients, and Halal food supply in Korea were examined for medical service improvement. Mutual assistance between the government and private enterprise, sharing of medical service information, and construction of a cooperative network system are needed and should be supported by the government.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2024

PURPOSE: This study examined the status and prospects of telerehabilitation to identify the challenges and propose strategies for its promotion both domestically and internationally. The study also focused on the preconditions and improvements required for adopting telerehabilitation, considering technological, institutional, and socio-cultural factors. METHODS: A thorough database search was conducted. The relevant research, papers, and reports were collected, and the literature was evaluated to summarize the findings. RESULTS: Tele-rehabilitation showed promise in enhancing the healthcare service quality and accessibility. However, addressing challenges requires a comprehensive analysis of its status, global research trends, and the formulation of adoption strategies. Research in this direction is expected to improve healthcare services. CONCLUSION: Tele-rehabilitation can enhance healthcare services by overcoming geographical limitations. On the other hand, addressing challenges through analysis and strategic planning is essential for its effective adoption and advancing healthcare quality and accessibility.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.57-68
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• 2014

Since the introduction of National Health Insurance(NHI) in 1977, it has grown rapidly and contributed to extend patient's access to the health care services. However, limited coverage for health care services of NHI has been ongoing challenge and private health insurance(PHI) has been rising as an alternative source of enhancing coverage and saving out-of-pocket(OOP) expenditure for patients. In this study, after controlling for socio-demographic, economic, health related variables, we identified the patients' healthcare utilization and subsequent OOP expenditure depending on their PHI enrollment and their enrollment types(fixed benefit, indemnity, fixed benefit plus indemnity). Data were collected from the 2010 Korean Health Panel. The unit of analysis was a member of household(n=13,324). Of the 13,324 cases, 70.7% of patients held PHI, in detail, fixed benefit(47.0%), indemnity(3.6%), fixed benefit plus indemnity(20.1%). Major findings showd that patients who enrolled in PHI used more outpatient services(outpatient visit, number of physician visit, number of examination) and spent more OOP expenditure than non-PHI patients. There were also differences of healthcare utilization and OOP expenditure among the types of PHI. In addition, PHI patients used more inpatient services(inpatient use, number of hospitalization, LOS), but there was no significant difference between PHI and non-PHI patients with regard to the OOP expenditure. Thus, we could not find any distinct relationship between the types of PHI and patients' tertiary hospital use. Policy-makers should need careful political deliberation for monitoring the effect of PHI on health care utilization and subsequent expenditure not only to improve patients' coverage but also to save their OOP expenditures.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.9-24
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 홈 환경에서 멀티 에이전트 기반의 헬스케어 상황정보 서비스를 제공하기 위한 소프트웨어 구조의 설계에 대해 기술한다. 본 플랫폼에서의 분산객체그룹 프레임워크(Distributed Object Group Framework, DOGF)는 수행객체들 및 헬스케어 지원 센서 또는 기기들의 논리적인 서비스별 그룹화를 지원하고, 멀티 에이전트 프레임워크인 JADE(Java Agent DEvelopment framework)는 사용자의 이동성과 이질적인 환경에서의 서비스를 지원한다. 플랫폼 상의 멀티 에이전트는 건강관리 및 유지와 관련된 여러 종류의 헬스케어 상황정보 서비스를 제공하기 위하여 각각의 환경에 대한 정보를 수집하는 에이전트와 모바일 기기의 특징에 따라 서로 다른 서비스를 하는 에이전트 그리고 이들을 관리하는 에이전트로 분류할 수 있다. 이러한 JADE의 에이전트와 분산객체그룹 프레임워크의 동작은 모바일 프락시에서 인터페이스를 하며 정보 교환을 제공하거나 이동 패턴을 지원한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 동작을 통하여 분산객체그룹 프레임워크와 JADE가 헬스케어 상황정보 서비스를 제공하기 위해 멀티 에이전트에 기반을 둔 플랫폼과 서비스별 에이전트의 설계에 대해 기술하였고, 끝으로 헬스케어 상황 정보 서비스를 위한 물리적인 시스템 환경과 플랫폼 기반의 프로토타입을 보였다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.66-77
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• 2009

This study aims to examine the effect of socioeconomic status (hereafter, SES) on healthcare utilization of the patients with rare and incurable diseases. Information of 2,973 patients who were self-employed insured and utilized healthcare service in 2007 was drawn from the National Health Insurance (hereafter, NHI) claim data. SES was set as four groups based on the monthly contribution. Outcome variable was the expense for outpatient and in-hospital services, which was log-transformed and square-rooted in oder to obtain normal distribution. Covariates included age, gender, residence and diagnosis. To examine the effects after controlling for covariates, we employed generalized estimating equation model, since patients with the same diagnosis are likely to have similar characteristics of demographics and healthcare utilization. Univariate statistics showed that lower SES was associated with less utilization of healthcare services. After controlling for covariates, a significantly smaller amount of money was expended for the lowest SES group compared to the highest one. Rural residence was associated with less utilization, except that residents in Seoul significantly more utilized outpatient services in tertiary hospitals. Considering that there is a subsidy program for the low income patients, such differences in healthcare utilization according to SES seems to result from the burden of out-of-pocket payments for uncovered services of the NHI.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.120-125
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• 2020

Unmet healthcare needs lead to increased disease severity, increased likelihood of complications, and worse disease prognosis. To examine the latest status of unmet healthcare needs in South Korea, the four different data configured with nationally representative sample of South Korean population were used: the Korea Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNAHANES, 2007-2018), the Community Health Survey (CHS, 2008-2018), the Korea Health Panel Survey (KHP, 2011-2016), and the Korean Welfare Panel Study (KOWEPS, 2006-2018). The proportion of individuals reporting unmet healthcare needs were 7.8% (KNHANES, 2018), 8.8% (CHS), and 10.8% (KHP, 2016). Annual percentage change which characterizes trend for the follow-up period was -9.1%, -3.2%, and -6.8%, respectively. The proportion of individuals reporting unmet healthcare needs due to cost were 1.2% (KNAHANES, 2018), 1.2% (CHS, 2018), 2.5% (KHP, 2016), and 0.5% (KOWEPS, 2018). Annual percentage change which characterizes trend for the follow-up period was -10.3%, -12.0%, -11.3%, and -18.8, respectively. The low-income population and the elderly population were vulnerable groups reporting the highest rate of unmet health care needs. The rate of unmet healthcare needs has been declining since the past decade, still, the disparity between different income groups and age groups suggests that there are many challenges to address.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.3276-3283
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• 2015

본 연구 목적은 보건의료서비스 이용자의 사회경제적 특성이 보건의료서비스의 여건변화 지각에 미치는 영향을 파악하는 것이다. 연구대상은 우리나라 전국 표본가구원을 대상으로 설정하고, 자료는 층화비례계통추출방법을 이용하여 37,648개의 유효표본을 추출한 국가통계자료를 이용하였다. 통계분석은 인과관계를 확인하기 위하여 회귀모형을 설정하여 분석하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 여자는 남자에 비하여 보건의료서비스에 대한 여건변화 지각이 긍정적이었다. 둘째, 연령이 증가할수록 보건의료서비스에 대한 여건변화 지각이 긍정적이었다. 셋째, 교육수준이 증가할수록 보건의료서비스에 대한 여건변화 지각이 긍정적이었다. 넷째, 가구소득이 증가할수록 보건의료서비스에 대한 여건변화 지각이 부정적이었다. 다섯째, 근로(고용)형태에서 임시근로자와 일용근로자는 상근근로자와 비교하여 보건의료서비스에 대한 여건변화 지각이 부정적이었다. 여섯째, 동부 거주자는 읍면부 거주자보다 보건의료서비스에 대한 여건변화 지각이 부정적이었다. 결론으로 사회경제적 특성은 보건의료서비스 여건변화 지각에 영향을 미친다고 할 수 있으며, 보건의료서비스 이용자의 여건변화 지각이 수혜적 측면에서 긍정적으로 작용하고 있다고 볼 수 있다.