Title :
Congestive heart failure home monitoring pilot study in urban denver
Author :
Bakhshi, Saba ; Li, Xin ; Semenov, Nikolay ; Apodaca-Madrid, Jesús ; Mahoor, Mohammad H. ; Newman, Kimberly E. ; Long, Carlin S. ; Neuman, Christine
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
With a growing number of low-income patients developing Congestive Heart Failure in urban Denver, accessible and affordable solutions are needed to provide home management options. A multidisciplinary team evaluated currently available options for telemonitoring and developed a solution for an initial pilot study. This system is currently used in the Denver Metro area (Colorado) for 44 CHF patients. Preliminary results show this approach is effective and has reduced the patients´ average length of stay at the hospital compared to historical data and control patients who do not use a remote monitoring system.
Keywords :
cardiovascular system; diseases; patient monitoring; telemedicine; Colorado; Denver Metro area; congestive heart failure home monitoring; patient average length; telemonitoring; urban Denver; Cardiology; Diseases; Educational institutions; Heart; Hospitals; Monitoring; chronic illness management; home health monitoring; low-income patients; Colorado; Heart Failure; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Pilot Projects; Urban Population;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090859
