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Attended Medicine 2.0'10 (Maastricht, NL)
Monday, November 29, 2010 to Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Medicine 2.0'10 (Maastricht, NL)

Telemedicine Services: from Idea to Implementation
Miriam Marie Rose Vollenbroek-hutten, Hermie Hermens, Rianne Huis In 't Veld, Stephanie Kosterink

Background New ways to cope with the increasing number of elderly and people with chronic diseases who need care need to be found. As there are high expectations of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) many ICT initiatives have been developed. However 75% of these fail to survive the research phase. This brings us to the question, how to realize successful telemedicine applications. This paper describes a method involving three key elements for the realization of successful telemed...

Activity Monitoring and Feedback to Promote an Active Lifestyle and Self Management of Patients with Chronic Disorders
Hermie Hermens, Miriam Vollenbroek-hutten, Marit Van Weering, Thijs Tonis

Background The rapidly changing ratio between number of people with chronic disorders who require care for long periods of time in relation to the number of professional care providers forces us to create innovative approaches for health care service delivery. Remotely Supervised Training (RMT) comprises a potentially effective, individually tailored training anywhere and anytime with an intensity not feasible in an intramural setting. This paper deals with the experiences gained with s...

Designing a Telecare System for Caregivers: a User Centered Approach Using Scenarios.
Charles Willems, Mark Brul, R.m.h.a. Huis In ‘t Veld, H. Hermens, Lisette Van Gemert-pijnen*

Telecare systems show the potential for elderly to remain in-home for a longer period by increasing early detection of behavioural changes and adapt home care delivery. As 37% of the telecare initiatives fail due to a lacking user acceptance of the technology, involving users in the design process and taking their needs as onset for design is regarded as a prerequisite. However involving caregivers as contemplated users in the design process raises several barriers. Caregivers are overall tec...

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