Title :
Design evaluation of a home-based telecare system for Chronic Heart Failure patients
Author :
Gund, A. ; Ekman, I. ; Lindecrantz, K. ; Sjoqvist, B.A. ; Staaf, E.L. ; Thorneskold, N.
Author_Institution :
Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
In order to improve the care of Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) patients, a system has been developed for monitoring symptoms and document subjective judgments on health conditions in a home environment. Since system usability is an important issue, a two step evaluation of the solution was conducted. First a ten-patient survey was conducted, which was aimed at spotting possible problem areas. The second step involved a small trial in a home setting with CHF patients. The results are promising, indicating that the system is user friendly and easy to use, and that it is suitable as a prototype for the intended use.
Keywords :
Biomedical monitoring; Condition monitoring; Heart; IP networks; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Prototypes; Testing; USA Councils; Usability; Aged; Chronic Disease; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Heart Failure; Home Care Services; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Patient Satisfaction; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650545
