Design Evaluation of a Home-Based Telecare System for Chronic Heart Failure Patients
Paper in proceeding, 2008
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.
internet
disease management
treatment compliance
home monitoring
telemedicine
health informatics
heart failure
chronic diseases
web-based
eHealth
Author
Anna Gund
Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering
Bengt-Arne Sjöqvist
Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering
Kaj Lindecrantz
Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering
Inger Ekman
University of Gothenburg
Eva Lina Staaf
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers)
Niklas Thornesköld
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers)
Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"
5851-5854 4650545
978-142441815-2 (ISBN)
Subject Categories
Other Computer and Information Science
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Biomedical Laboratory Science/Technology
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
DOI
10.1109/iembs.2008.4650545
ISBN
978-142441815-2