TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring feasibility of home telemanagement in African Americans with congestive heart failure
AU - Finkelstein, Joseph
AU - Cha, Eunme
AU - Dennison, Cheryl R.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Existing telemonitoring systems provide limited support in implementing personalized treatment plans. We developed a Home Automated Telemanagement (HAT) system for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) to provide support in following individualized treatment plans as well as to monitor symptoms, weight changes, and quality of life, while educating the patient on their disease. The system is designed to be placed in the patient's home and to communicate all patient data to a central server implementing real-time clinical decision support. The system questions the patient daily on their condition, monitors their weight, and provides the patient with instant feedback on their condition in the form of a 3-zone CHF action plan. Their medication regimen and suggested actions are determined by their care management team and integrated into the system, keeping a personalized approach to disease management while taking advantage of the technology available. The system is designed to be as simple as possible, making it usable by patients with no prior computer experience. A feasibility assessment in African American patients with CHF and without prior computer experience demonstrated high level of acceptance of the CHF HAT system.
AB - Existing telemonitoring systems provide limited support in implementing personalized treatment plans. We developed a Home Automated Telemanagement (HAT) system for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) to provide support in following individualized treatment plans as well as to monitor symptoms, weight changes, and quality of life, while educating the patient on their disease. The system is designed to be placed in the patient's home and to communicate all patient data to a central server implementing real-time clinical decision support. The system questions the patient daily on their condition, monitors their weight, and provides the patient with instant feedback on their condition in the form of a 3-zone CHF action plan. Their medication regimen and suggested actions are determined by their care management team and integrated into the system, keeping a personalized approach to disease management while taking advantage of the technology available. The system is designed to be as simple as possible, making it usable by patients with no prior computer experience. A feasibility assessment in African American patients with CHF and without prior computer experience demonstrated high level of acceptance of the CHF HAT system.
KW - Congestive heart failure
KW - Self-management
KW - Telemedicine
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-535
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-535
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 20841744
AN - SCOPUS:78649523875
SN - 9781607505877
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 535
EP - 539
BT - Medinfo 2010 - Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Medical Informatics
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, Medinfo 2010
Y2 - 12 September 2010 through 15 September 2010
ER -