Telemonitoring in AMICA: A design based on and for COPD

Author

Crespo, L.F. ; Morillo, D. Sánchez ; Crespo, M. ; Leon, A. ; Astorga, S. ; Giorkas, K. ; Kouris, I.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. & Telemedicine Lab., Univ. of Cadiz (UCA), Cadiz, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

3-5 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The aim of this work is to put forth some basic methodological aspects that are being followed in the demanding task of the development of a telemedical platform for the efficient control and management of chronic elderly patients. Among the main methodological concepts proposed there is: an integrated market-oriented approach, a user-centered design, an evaluation-driven development and a work plan organization. This work presents the methodology applied to Autonomy, Motivation & Individual Self- Management for COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Patients (AMICA) project funded under the European Union (EU). Results from first the demonstration trial highlight the suitability of the methodology adopted.

Keywords

diseases; geriatrics; health care; patient care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; AMICA project; Autonomy Motivation and Individual Self Management for COPD Patients; chronic elderly patient control; chronic elderly patient management; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; evaluation driven development; integrated market oriented approach; telemonitoring; user centered design; Biomedical monitoring; Computers; Data communication; Grammar; Image color analysis; Internet; Monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine (ITAB), 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Corfu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6559-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.2010.5687748

Filename

5687748