Title :
Quality home telemedicine services for chronic cardiac disease patients through the INTERLIFE platform
Author :
Maglaveras, N. ; Maglavera, S. ; Lekka, I. ; Chouvarda, I. ; Kaimakamis, V. ; Kilintzis, V. ; Prentza, A.
Author_Institution :
Aristotle Univ., Thessaloniki
Abstract :
INTERLIFE is an EU 1ST e-TEN project aiming in enhancing healthcare services by introducing new means for quality health care management via telemedicine services, and by improving the patients´ and citizens´ quality of life. INTERLIFE, based largely on the results of the citizen health system (CHS) EU 1ST, is a technological and medical knowledge management and processing infrastructure able to support among others patients suffering from chronic cardiac diseases such as congestive heart failure (CHF). The preliminary results of INTERLIFE CHF pilot presented here show the possibilities of this service in the treatment of chronic diseases, such as CHF, both in terms of hospitalization reduction and towards improvement of vital signs.
Keywords :
cardiology; diseases; medical information systems; patient monitoring; patient treatment; telemedicine; INTERLIFE platform; chronic cardiac disease patient; citizen health system; congestive heart failure; e-TEN project; healthcare service; hospitalization reduction; medical knowledge management; medical knowledge processing; quality health care management; quality home telemedicine service; quality of life; Cardiac disease; Condition monitoring; Heart; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Personnel; Quality management; Telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology, 2006
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2532-7
