PVMS: Patient Virtual Visitation Management System in the Context of a Smart City

Navid Seidi, Farshad Eshghi, Manoochehr Kelarestaghi

Abstract: The popularity of urban lifestyle, the “Smart City” (SC) concept seems to be the only sustainable solution. SC is a logical compromise between quality-of-life and green environment. While one cannot find a universal definition, we propose a somewhat new architecture for SC in the form of entities laying over each other and delivering services from bottom up. In this work, we focus on the Smart Service entity and introduce a service which circumvents distance and time limitations targeting one-to-one and in-person visitations. This service is in line with the quality-of-life and green environment compromise. As a specific case, we focus on visitations for hospitalized patients.