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A home-based care model for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation based on mobile technologies

  • Antti Särelä
  • , Jukka Salminen
  • , Esa Koskinen
  • , Ole Kirkeby
  • , Ilkka Korhonen
  • , Darren Walters
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
  • Nokia Research Center
  • VTT (former employee or external)
  • Prince Charles Hospital

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Abstract

Cardiac rehabilitation programs offer effective means to prevent recurrence of a cardiac event. However, poor uptake of current programs have been reported globally. Home based model is considered as an alternative to avoid barriers related to hospital based programs. The challenge in a home based program is to re-establish the link between the patient and clinician regardless of their location. Mobile phones and internet technologies can potentially be used to enable a comprehensive home based care model. We developed tools and integrated model for home based cardiac rehabilitation based on a mobile phone with integrated accelerometer to measure physical exercise and diary to collect information on physiological risk factors and other health information. Video and teleconferencing are used for mentoring sessions and educational multimedia content is transferred via messaging systems to the patients phone to be viewed on demand. The model can be extended to management of other chronic conditions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - Pervasive Health 2009, PCTHealth 2009. London, UK, 1 - 13 April 2009
Place of PublicationGent
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
Event3d International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 1 Apr 20093 Apr 2009

Conference

Conference3d International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period1/04/093/04/09

Keywords

  • Cardiac rehabilitation
  • Mobile technology
  • Personal health systems
  • Phone consultation
  • Wellness diary

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