Self-Management Pathways for diabetic patients: Early findings of the EMPOWER pilot studies

Author

Mulrenin, Robert ; Strohmeier, Felix ; Kabak, Yildiray ; Pabst, Alexander ; Demski, Hans ; Lamprinos, Ilias

Author_Institution

Salzburg Res. Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H., Salzburg, Austria

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Diabetes is a serious world-wide medical challenge, which affected 382 million people in 2013. This paper describes, how the European Commission supported EMPOWER project fosters the self-management of diabetes patients. The Self-Management Pathways help patients in specifying planned activities based on medical recommendations and personal goals, as well as self-monitoring of Observations of Daily Living (ODLs). The whole process is supported by modern ICT services that motivate patients in changing their lifestyle and adhere to defined medication and activity plans. The system is being validated in Germany and Turkey. Early findings of the first validation phase are described.

Keywords

diseases; medical information systems; patient monitoring; EMPOWER project; European Commission; Germany; ICT services; ODL self-monitoring; Turkey; activity plans; diabetes patient self-management; medical recommendations; medication plans; observation of daily living; patient lifestyle; self-management pathways; Data visualization; Diabetes; Diseases; Engines; Medical diagnostic imaging; Mobile communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

eChallenges e-2014, 2014 Conference

Print_ISBN

978-1-9058-2445-8

Type

conf

Filename

7058185