论文标题
利用机会主义社交网络在农村地区进行远程患者监控
Utilizing Opportunistic Social Networks for Remote Patient Monitoring in Rural Areas
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论文摘要
使用互联网连接进行远程患者监控通常不适合缺乏互联网基础设施的农村社区，并且频繁停电。本文探讨了在远程患者监测的背景下探索农村连接问题，并分析了利用延迟耐受网络（DTN）体系结构的可行性，该建筑利用农村社区成员的社会行为，使农村社区中的患者在没有本地运输系统的情况下对患者进行过度监测。可行性是使用参与者数量的交付延迟和交付率来表征的，而来源的数量为变量。使用美国人口普查局，国家癌症研究所和IPUMS ATUS样本数据对肯塔基州Owingsville进行了架构的评估。调查结果表明，在24小时的窗口中，网络的参与者数量与交付率之间存在指数关系，最小交付38.7％，最大交付率为100％，总平均交付率为89.8％。
The use of Internet connectivity for remote patient monitoring is often unsuitable for rural communities where Internet infrastructure is lacking, and power outages are frequent. This paper explores the rural connectivity problem in the context of remote patient monitoring and analyzes the feasibility of utilizing a delay tolerant network (DTN) architecture that leverages the social behaviors of rural community members to enable out-of-range monitoring of patients in rural communities without local transportation systems. The feasibility is characterized using delivery latency and delivery rate with the number of participants and the number of sources as variables. The architecture is evaluated for Owingsville, KY using U.S. Census Bureau, the National Cancer Institute's, and IPUMS ATUS sample data. The findings show that within a 24 hour window, there is an exponential relationship between the number of participants in the network and the delivery rate with a minimal delivery of 38.7%, a maximal delivery rate of a 100% and an overall average delivery rate of 89.8%.
