Home telecare for chronic disease management

Author

Celler, B.G. ; Lovel, N.H. ; Basilakis, J. ; Magrabi, F. ; Mathie, M.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Syst. Lab., New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3586

Abstract

We review the development of an Internet-enabled home clinical workstation for the management of chronic disease, and the implementation of a clinical trial to test the functionality, usability and effectiveness of the system in both a city and a remote country setting. The Home Telecare System integrates with established primary care services to provide a new paradigm of active disease management through the daily collection of clinical data and assessment of functional health status, and the provision of feedback for patient self-management and education. A novel Medications Management module is also implemented to permit on line variation of prescribed medications.

Keywords

Internet; client-server systems; diseases; health care; patient monitoring; patient treatment; telemedicine; Internet-enabled home clinical workstation; Medications Management module; active disease management; chronic disease management; city; clinical data daily collection; clinical trial; education; effectiveness; feedback; functional health status; functionality; home telecare; patient self-management; prescribed medication on line variation; primary care services; remote country setting; usability; Aging; Australia; Biomedical monitoring; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Costs; Heart; Hospitals; Medical services; Medical treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019609

Filename

1019609