학술논문

Home telecare for chronic disease management
Document Type
Conference
Source
2001 Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Engineering in medicine and biology Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 4:3586-3589 vol.4 2001
Subject
Bioengineering
Cardiac disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Hospitals
Australia
Heart
Aging
Biomedical monitoring
Medical services
Costs
Medical treatment
Language
ISSN
1094-687X
Abstract
We review the development of an Internet-enabled home clinical workstation for the management of chronic disease, and the implementation of a clinical trial to test the functionality, usability and effectiveness of the system in both a city and a remote country setting. The Home Telecare System integrates with established primary care services to provide a new paradigm of active disease management through the daily collection of clinical data and assessment of functional health status, and the provision of feedback for patient self-management and education. A novel Medications Management module is also implemented to permit on line variation of prescribed medications.