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

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

3150

Lastpage

3153

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090859

Filename

6090859