Technological Approaches to Remote Monitoring of Elderly People in Cardiology: A Usability Perspective
Moving from the experience gained in home telemonitoring of elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure, that confirmed a reduction of the rehospitalization rate and an improved monitoring of drugs assumption by the patients, this paper extends the evaluation of technological approaches for remot...
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| description | Moving from the experience gained in home telemonitoring of elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure, that confirmed a reduction of the rehospitalization rate and an improved monitoring of drugs assumption by the patients, this paper extends the evaluation of technological approaches for remote health monitoring of older adults. Focus of the evaluation is on telemedicine effectiveness and usability, either from a patient’s or a medical operator’s perspective. The evaluation has been performed by testing three remote health platforms designed according to different technological approaches, in a realistic scenario involving older adults and medical operators (doctors and nurses). The aim of the testing activity was not to benchmark a specific solution with respect to the others, but to evaluate the main positive and negative issues related to the system and service design philosophy each solution was built upon. Though preliminary, the results discussed in the paper can be used as a set of guidelines in the selection of proper technological equipments for services targeted to elderly users, from a usability perspective. These results need to be complemented with more focused discussions of the ethical, medical, and legal aspects of the use of technology in remote healthcare. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f268bb47ad044d1abe7aee6e9a192ff52025-02-03T01:21:35ZengWileyInternational Journal of Telemedicine and Applications1687-64151687-64232012-01-01201210.1155/2012/104561104561Technological Approaches to Remote Monitoring of Elderly People in Cardiology: A Usability PerspectiveSusanna Spinsante0Roberto Antonicelli1Ilaria Mazzanti2Ennio Gambi3Department of Information Engineering, Marche Polytechnic University, Via Brecce Bianche 12, 60131 Ancona, ItalyCardiology Operational Unit, INRCA Scientific Institute, Via della Montagnola 81, 60100 Ancona, ItalyUniversity Clinic of Cardiology at Torrette Hospital, Marche Polytechnic University, Via Conca 71, Ancona, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, Marche Polytechnic University, Via Brecce Bianche 12, 60131 Ancona, ItalyMoving from the experience gained in home telemonitoring of elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure, that confirmed a reduction of the rehospitalization rate and an improved monitoring of drugs assumption by the patients, this paper extends the evaluation of technological approaches for remote health monitoring of older adults. Focus of the evaluation is on telemedicine effectiveness and usability, either from a patient’s or a medical operator’s perspective. The evaluation has been performed by testing three remote health platforms designed according to different technological approaches, in a realistic scenario involving older adults and medical operators (doctors and nurses). The aim of the testing activity was not to benchmark a specific solution with respect to the others, but to evaluate the main positive and negative issues related to the system and service design philosophy each solution was built upon. Though preliminary, the results discussed in the paper can be used as a set of guidelines in the selection of proper technological equipments for services targeted to elderly users, from a usability perspective. These results need to be complemented with more focused discussions of the ethical, medical, and legal aspects of the use of technology in remote healthcare.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/104561 |
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| title | Technological Approaches to Remote Monitoring of Elderly People in Cardiology: A Usability Perspective |
| title_full | Technological Approaches to Remote Monitoring of Elderly People in Cardiology: A Usability Perspective |
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| title_short | Technological Approaches to Remote Monitoring of Elderly People in Cardiology: A Usability Perspective |
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