Title :
Home Monitoring of Congestive Heart Failure Patients
Author :
Levine, Betty A. ; McAlinden, Ellen ; Hu, Tang Ming-Jye ; Fang, Fang Maggie ; Alaoui, Adil ; Angelus, Pamela ; Welsh, James ; Mun, Seong K.
Author_Institution :
ISIS Center, Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC
Abstract :
Home healthcare technologies can help patients maintain their independence, allow them to stay in their own homes, improve health outcomes, and reduce costs. Mindmy-Heart, a CMS-funded project at Georgetown University Medical Center, has successfully implemented multiple technologies, such as home monitoring devices and care management tools, to allow for in-home management of congestive heart failure
Keywords :
cardiology; diseases; health care; home automation; medical computing; patient monitoring; telemedicine; Georgetown University Medical Center; care management tool; congestive heart failure patient; home healthcare technology; home monitoring; in-home management; Biomedical monitoring; Collision mitigation; Condition monitoring; Costs; Heart; Intersymbol interference; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Project management; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare, 2006. D2H2. 1st Transdisciplinary Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0058-9
DOI :
10.1109/DDHH.2006.1624790
