Development of Day Care Management Systems for Elderly.

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Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, China.

Published: June 2018

The purpose of this study is to build a practical, highly efficient management information system (MIS) for elderly day care (EDC) centers to improve elders' lives. Based on system requirements and the management operation guidelines for EDC, we have developed an MIS. The introduction of the system will help EDC management to be more accurate, comprehensive, and efficient.

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