TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring new directions in disease surveillance for people with diabetes
T2 - 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, Medinfo 2010
AU - Botsis, Taxiarchis
AU - Hartvigsen, Gunnar
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - The main objective of this paper is to report our achievements in investigating new directions in the disease surveillance field. Targeting the vulnerable group of people with diabetes, we explored the possibility of early detection of infections using an electronic disease surveillance system (eDSS); this system could collect data for certain physiology indicators, e.g. blood glucose and white blood cell count, by incorporating specific point-of-care (POC) devices. We performed an analysis using the data of two large-scale clinical studies that involved people with type-1 and type-2 diabetes correspondingly; also, we conducted a feasibility study to examine the available POC technology. Even though the analyses provided us with some evidence for further investigation, the available technological solutions appeared to have significant limitations, mainly in terms of usability. Based on our firsthand findings we defined the next steps of our research, i.e. the data collection in a controlled study and the subsequent development of the eDSS. Furthermore, the lessons learned in our project could facilitate the related research for other vulnerable population groups.
AB - The main objective of this paper is to report our achievements in investigating new directions in the disease surveillance field. Targeting the vulnerable group of people with diabetes, we explored the possibility of early detection of infections using an electronic disease surveillance system (eDSS); this system could collect data for certain physiology indicators, e.g. blood glucose and white blood cell count, by incorporating specific point-of-care (POC) devices. We performed an analysis using the data of two large-scale clinical studies that involved people with type-1 and type-2 diabetes correspondingly; also, we conducted a feasibility study to examine the available POC technology. Even though the analyses provided us with some evidence for further investigation, the available technological solutions appeared to have significant limitations, mainly in terms of usability. Based on our firsthand findings we defined the next steps of our research, i.e. the data collection in a controlled study and the subsequent development of the eDSS. Furthermore, the lessons learned in our project could facilitate the related research for other vulnerable population groups.
KW - Diabetes
KW - Infection
KW - Point-of-care systems
KW - Surveillance
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-466
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-466
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 20841730
AN - SCOPUS:78649511984
SN - 9781607505877
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 466
EP - 470
BT - Medinfo 2010 - Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Medical Informatics
PB - IOS Press
Y2 - 12 September 2010 through 15 September 2010
ER -