Personal Health Systems: how can successful research reach implementation?

Author

Gatzoulis, L. ; Iakovidis, I.

Author_Institution

Eur. Comm., Brussels

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

6149

Lastpage

6149

Abstract

This article presents a general discussion of the challenges for the deployment and implementation of personal health system (PHS) researches. This includes proper organisational structures; reimbursement and economical viability; legal framework regarding liability, privacy and cross-border services; and regulatory aspects such as certification of PHS. The successful deployment of PHS requires favourable policy and political support from the same constituency that is designing and implementing the ongoing healthcare systems reforms in EU and beyond.

Keywords

health care; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; telemedicine; ICT; PHS deployment; disease management; early patient diagnosis; health status monitoring; information and communicaton technologies; patient monitoring; personal health systems; Biomedical monitoring; Communications technology; Diseases; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Power generation economics; Remote monitoring; Research and development; Telemedicine; Europe; Forecasting; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Personal Health Services; Self Care; Telemedicine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353753

Filename

4353753