Authors:
Kazimierz Frączkowski
1
;
Antoni Zwiefka
2
;
Marcin Zaremba
2
and
Krzysztof Sikora
3
Affiliations:
1
Wroclaw Univesity of Technology, Poland
;
2
A. Falkiewicz Specialist Hospital, Poland
;
3
IMMD Health, Institute Medical Mobile Device, Poland
Keyword(s):
Home telemonitoring, mobile technology, chronic illnesses, quality of life
Abstract:
The paper describes telecare procedure concerning patients aged between 65-85 years with at least 2 chronic
diseases including hypertension (ICD I10), diabetes (ICD E 11), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ICD
J44) or heart failure (ICD J50). Ultimately, the project will involve 100 patients qualified on the basis of
medical history (last stay in hospital) divided in two groups. In the qualified group, each patient must have
at least 60 points according to the Barthl scale. The first group comprises 50 patients taken care of by tele
monitoring, which was provided to them with measuring equipment to be able to assess the selected
parameters at home (depending on the chronic disease). Then, the results are transmitted automatically via
mobile phone network to LSV Telecare (Lower Silesia Voivodeship Telecare) system. The other group of
patients consists of those, who were not included in the home monitoring. They are provided with medical
care within the current Polish health care
system. In this paper we present scenarios and models of business
processes, necessary to achieve the objectives of the Care Well project, which is implemented under
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 (project "Multi-Level Integration for
Patients with Complex Needs"; grant agreement no: 620983) . The project involves 13 partners from 8 EU
countries - project duration is 36 months. The technical parts of the project include tests and examinations of
the economic and social effects, as well as indicators of the quality of life based on ICT platform for
communication and exchange of medical data, that are essential in the treatment of patients qualified for
Telecare.
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