Title :
Personal Health Systems: how can successful research reach implementation?
Author :
Gatzoulis, L. ; Iakovidis, I.
Author_Institution :
Eur. Comm., Brussels
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353753
