Improving the management of chronic diseases using web-based technologies: an application in hemophilia care

Author

Teixeira, Leonor ; Saavedra, Vasco ; Ferreira, Carlos ; Santos, Beatriz Sousa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Econ., Manage. & Ind. Eng., Aveiro Univ., Aveiro, Portugal

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

2184

Lastpage

2187

Abstract

Modern methods of information and communication that use web technologies provide an opportunity to facilitate closer communication between patients and healthcare providers, allowing a joint management of chronic diseases. This paper describes a web-based technological solution to support the management of inherited bleeding disorders integrating, diffusing and archiving large sets of data relating to the clinical practice of hemophilia care, more specifically the clinical practice at the Hematology Service of Coimbra Hospital Center (a Hemophilia Treatment Center located in Portugal).

Keywords

Internet; blood; diseases; health care; medical information systems; Hematology Service of Coimbra Hospital Center; chronic diseases; communication; healthcare providers; hemophilia care; inherited bleeding disorder management; web-based technological solution; Databases; Diseases; Hemorrhaging; Hospitals; Joints; Algorithms; Chronic Disease; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Graphics; Computers; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Hemophilia A; Humans; Internet; Medical Informatics; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Models, Organizational; Programming Languages; Software; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626026

Filename

5626026