Monitoring patients with fragilities in the context of de-hospitalization services: An Ambient Assisted Living Healthcare Framework for e-Health applications

Abstract

This article focuses on e-Health solutions for monitoring patients with fragilities in the context of de-hospitalization. Assistive technologies clearly have a direct and positive impact on the quality of life of patients, but they also improve the overall management of the organizational processes. In the first steps of “La Casa nel Parco” project funded by Regione Piemonte, we introduce here a general Ambient Assisted Living Healthcare framework to include business process analysis, telehealth and telemedicine applications. In particular, we define modeling and simulation of hospital services as a base to investigate the role of technological innovations. The project further investigates the impact of a telehealth solution with a wrist-worn device, as well as a telemedicine application based on augmented reality applied to pharmaceutical products. Our framework allows to explore the positive impact both on patient well-being as well as on business process management perspective.