• DocumentCode
    2724916
  • Title

    Forumclinic: An Interactive Program for Patients with Chronic Illnesses

  • Author

    Grau, I. ; Gene-Badia, J. ; Freire, E. Sánchez ; Bernardo, M. ; DeSemir, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Hosp. Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    1-7 Feb. 2009
  • Firstpage
    269
  • Lastpage
    273
  • Abstract
    Forumclinic is a set of audiovisual material (DVDs and Website) in both Spanish and Catalan that was launched in January 2007 with the purpose of improving the quality of life of chronically ill patients. Based on the premise that by having a better understanding of their disease patients can become more autonomous, the project aims to encourage patient involvement in the clinical decision-making process hand in hand with the health care team. Priority has been given to diseases of high prevalence and wide social impact.
  • Keywords
    Web sites; digital versatile discs; health care; interactive video; medical computing; patient treatment; Catalan; DVD; Forumclinic; Spanish; Website; audiovisual material; chronically ill patients; clinical decision-making process; health care team; interactive program; Communications technology; DVD; Decision making; Diseases; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Pathology; Telemedicine; Videos;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, 2009. eTELEMED '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cancun
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3360-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3532-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/eTELEMED.2009.23
  • Filename
    4782669