Title :
Telemedicine system to support asthma self-management
Author :
Finkelstein, J. ; Friedman, R.H.
Author_Institution :
Med. Inf. Syst. Unit, Boston Univ. Med. Center, MA, USA
Abstract :
The Home Asthma Telemonitoring (HAT) System provides assistance to asthma patients in following self-care plans prescribed by their physicians, and notifies health care personnel if any negative trends are detected. This allows early recognition of potentially dangerous situations and timely intervention. The design of the HAT System is discussed
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; health care; medical computing; patient monitoring; telemedicine; HAT System; Home Asthma Telemonitoring System; asthma patients; asthma self-management; health care personnel; negative trends; physicians; potentially dangerous situations; self-care plans; telemedicine system; Built-in self-test; Guidelines; Lungs; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Performance evaluation; Personal digital assistants; Personnel; Telemedicine; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 IEEE EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6449-X
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2000.892379
