DocumentCode :
674051
Title :
A cardiovascular patient follow-up system using Twitter and HL7
Author :
Trigo, J.D. ; Eguzkiza, Aitor ; Martinez-Espronceda, M. ; Serrano, L.
Author_Institution :
Public Univ. of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain
fYear :
2013
fDate :
22-25 Sept. 2013
Firstpage :
33
Lastpage :
36
Abstract :
This project aimed at designing and developing a system for following-up cardiovascular patients integrating a social media (Twitter) and a healthcare communications standard (HL7 v2.x). Two applications - an android-based tool for gathering and tweeting vital cardiovascular signs and a Java-based desktop tool for receiving and parsing the information - were created within the framework of this project. The two applications developed provided a feasible prototype for following-up cardiovascular patients. A number of considerations concerning this novel approach are discussed in this paper. The modification of the health care flow empowers the patient and enhances the patient-physician communication. On the other hand, both patients and physicians may be reluctant to use the system as a daily basis due to security and privacy concerns. In any case, using a healthcare standard such as HL7 assures an extra layer of interoperability and makes the integration with existing information systems easier. The use of healthcare standards in conjunction with social media provides user-friendly applications that help bridge the gap in the patient-physician communication in a standard-compliant fashion. However, some research questions are still open and further projects are needed to guarantee the secure use of social media in healthcare.
Keywords :
Java; biomedical communication; cardiology; data privacy; medical information systems; open systems; operating systems (computers); patient care; security of data; social networking (online); standards; HL7; Java-based desktop tool; Twitter; android-based tool; cardiovascular patient follow-up system; health care flow modification; health care standards; healthcare communications standard; information systems; interoperability; patient-physician communication; privacy concerns; security concerns; social media; standard-compliant fashion; vital cardiovascular signs; Abstracts; Androids; Organizations; Standards organizations; Thesauri; Twitter;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Zaragoza
ISSN :
2325-8861
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0884-4
Type :
conf
Filename :
6712404
Link To Document :
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