selfcare
Blanson Henkemans OA et al, Gerontechnology, 10(3)
Objective
Contribute to understanding of determinants of attrition in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) on eHealth services for self-care and to developing a strategy to attend to them.
Background
RCTs are considered the “gold standard” in empirical research on medical interventions. However, RCTs of eHealth services for self-care are often faced with Eysenbach’s Law of Attrition; that is, the phenomenon of people dropping out of the study early or being unavailable for follow-up studies.
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4 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Tag(s): Health Care, phr, selfcare, trials
Osborn CY et al, Current Diabetes Reports, 10(6)
Patient web portals (PWPs), defined as the integration of electronic medical records and patient health records, have been related to enhanced patient outcomes. A literature review was conducted to characterize the design and evaluation of PWPs to improve health care processes and outcomes in diabetes.
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4 October 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): Diabetes, Disease Management, Internet, Portal, selfcare
Piette JD et al, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40(6)
BACKGROUND
Although interactive voice response (IVR) calls can be an effective tool for chronic disease management, many regions of the world lack the infrastructure to provide these services. PURPOSE This study evaluated the feasibility and potential impact of an IVR program using a cloud-computing model to improve diabetes management in Honduras.
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25 May 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Tag(s): Cellphone, Chronic Diseases, Cloud, Developing Countries, Diabetes, Disease Management, mHealth, selfcare
Rimner T et al, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2011
We investigated patients’ adherence to recommendations after telephone triage at the Swiss Centre for Telemedicine. We studied cases where the medical problem was assessed as not requiring an immediate face-to-face consultation. Two weeks after teleconsultation, follow-up telephone interviews were conducted with 1129 self-care patients. The patients were asked if they had adhered to the telephone recommendations and whether they had had a subsequent face-to-face consultation.
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15 May 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: Switzerland | Tag(s): Adherence, Patient, selfcare, Teleconsultation, Telemedicine
Bitterman N. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 22(1)
Health care services are moving out to the community and into the home; e-health services, remote monitoring technology and self-management are replacing hospitalization and visits to medical clinics and custom-tailored medicines are making inroads into normative treatment. These developments have great implications for the scope and design of home health care equipment. The paper discusses the unique nature of home medical devices, from a human-environment-machine perspective, focusing on the nature of users, environment and tasks performed. We call for increased awareness and active continuous involvement of health care personnel together with bioengineers, human factors experts, architects, designers and end users–patients and caregivers–in defining the objectives of health care devices and services at home in terms of “all family” use, integrated into the overall surroundings (”smart home”), and as part of a collaborative patient-physician disease management team.
15 May 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Tag(s): Design, Devices, Digital Homecare, Physician-Patient Relationship, selfcare, Smart Homes, Wellness
Radhakrishnan K, Jacelon C. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2011
PURPOSE
The objective of the study was to explore the impact of telehealth interventions on individuals’ self-care of heart failure (HF).
BACKGROUND
Heart failure is a chronic illness that requires a complex treatment regimen over a long period. Historically, effective self-care has been difficult for this population. There is a need for innovative and effective approaches to improve individual self-care. Telehealth can potentially help individuals with HF follow the plan of care resulting in improved health outcomes and a better quality of life.
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13 May 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Tag(s): Chronic Heart Failure, Digital Homecare, literature, Self Management, selfcare, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring
Amir Hannan, GP Online
“Simply telling patients that they need to self care more is not enough: GPs need to provide them with appropriate tools. This why the practice team and I have spent the past five years developing our practice website, www.htmc.co.uk
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2 May 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR, Video | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tag(s): Access, Health Information, Online, Patient, selfcare, Website
Lauren Vogel, CMAJ News
“See one, do one, teach one: that’s the philosophy behind a new brand of how-to video showcasing self-surgery and other “do it yourself” fixes to medical problems that’s gaining traction on the social Web.
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5 April 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Health Information, selfcare, Social Media, Video
Swedberg K et al, N Engl J Med, 364(11)
In their article on the Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes (Tele-HF) trial (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00303212), Chaudhry et al. (Dec. 9 issue) report neutral effectiveness of remote telemonitoring in patients with heart failure, in contrast to the results of a previous meta-analysis.
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27 March 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | Tag(s): Chronic Heart Failure, selfcare, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring
John Farrell, The Mobility Blog
“I spend a lot of time talking to, and writing about, mobile technology developers of all stripes. Usually, it isn’t long before the conversation shifts to how the latest gadget or mHealth app will help reduce healthcare costs, particularly among those affected by chronic illness.
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26 January 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): selfcare, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek Healthcare
“A new study by Partners Healthcare shows that automated text messages that combine reminders about medication and educational information improve patients’ compliance with treatment and self-care.
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28 September 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Education, Medication, selfcare, SMS
Deloitte
“Engaging consumers to live healthier lives and adhere to evidence-based treatment plans using technologies that enhance self-care is central to controlling costs in the U.S. health care system. Realizing this goal entails leveraging familiar technology with incentives for consumers and providers to manage preventive, chronic and post-acute care. The personal health record embedded in mobile communication devices – mPHR – is the “killer app” that may change the game for providers, consumers and payers.
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28 August 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News, Report | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): mHealth, phr, selfcare
Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“The convergence of personal health records and mobile communication devices may offer the right tool to engage consumers to use technology for self-care, taking cost out of the healthcare system, according to a new Deloitte Issue Brief from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
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27 August 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): mHealth, mobile, phr, selfcare
Tani S et al, Journal of Medical Systems, 34(3)
Recently, a patient with diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 has been increasing in Japan. The patient should be managed not only by a specialist but also by himself focusing his attention on the improvement of his lifestyle at home. In the present study, we tried to develop a health management support system by which a diabetic patient in early stage can easily enter his daily life information, i.e. the biological information such as the data of blood sugar levels and blood pressure levels etc., the information of exercise and diet and send the information to the medical institution with a personal digital assistant (PDA). Afterwards, the patient can receive health instruction information by the physician in charge for self-care at his home with a PDA.
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31 May 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: Japan | Tag(s): Diabetes, Health Management, PDA, selfcare
Nordfeldt S et al, J Med Internet Res, 12(2)
Background:
The Internet has undergone rapid development, with significant impact on social life and on modes of communication. Modern management of type 1 diabetes requires that patients have access to continuous support and learning opportunities. Although Web 2.0 resources can provide this support, few pediatric clinics offer it as part of routine diabetes care.
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30 May 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: Sweden | Tag(s): Children, Chronic Diseases, Diabetes, Disease Management, e-Health, Patient Information, selfcare, Social Media, Web 2.0
Mattias Ganslandt, TalkStandards
“In an exclusive interview with Talkstandards, Professor David Ingram of openEHR, one of the most innovative players in the eHealth field, outlines some of his expectations for the future of ICT in the health care sector.
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24 February 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | EHR: EHR | Tag(s): e-Health, Health Information Technology, Interoperability, openEHR, selfcare, Standards
Sarah Bruce, e-Health Europe
“A new digital health service in the Finnish city of Espoo has been found to significantly reduce doctor’s workloads and help encourage patients to take more responsibility for their health.
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15 February 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Finland | EHR: EHR, EHR Finland | Tag(s): Health Information, Patient, selfcare
Rajiv Mehta, Zume Life
“Billions of little health experiments are constantly going on, as every day people around the world try new foods, medications, therapies. Many people conduct their experiments without their doctor’s involvement and often against the healthcare industry’s official recommendation: “consult your physician first.” While health professionals often lament “people won’t take responsibility for their health,” many people are in fact grabbing the reins.
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22 December 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Adherence, Industry, ODL, selfcare
Tom van de Belt, Acute Zorg
“Patiënten zijn tegenwoordig steeds vaker goed geïnformeerd doordat gezondheidsgerelateerde informatie gemakkelijk te vinden is via internet en patiënten onderling snel en gemakkelijk kunnen communiceren. Professionals streven er op hun beurt naar de patiënt meer te betrekken bij zijn eigen zorgproces.
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10 April 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Netherlands | Tag(s): Health 2.0, Patient, Self Management, selfcare
