Abstract
In the last years a large variety of eHealth services and Apps for professional medical users have been developed for different scenarios. The increasing elderly population (+100% in 2050) makes urgent to implement tele-medicine paradigm in the healthcare structures. The need of monitoring large number of patients distributed over the territory, together with the lack of medical resources, makes the adoption of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) crucial for the future healthcare services. This paper presents an ICT architecture model for the provision of tele-monitoring services within a novel proposed remote monitoring concept for healthcare, considering the new Family and Community Nurse (FCN). An integrated and personalized tele-monitoring solution is presented, through a detailed description of the reference network architecture and service platform. Moreover, the preliminary results of the experimental activities carried out for the evaluation of the system in terms of usability in operational scenarios are provided.
Highlights
The effects of the aging of the general population on the Health and Welfare system are considerable: the elderly gradual increase and the improvements in the patient’s life expectancy, thanks to the effectiveness of diagnostic and therapeutic pathways, lead to continuous increase of chronic patients
User-centered mobile health tracking apps are commonly used in healthcare and they have gained widespread popularity facilitating the maintenance of health and management of chronic conditions, allowing the sharing of clinical information over distances
In 2015, the WHO presented the “World Report on Aging and Health” which shows that, worldwide, the improved prospects for life in the last 50 years have led to a percentage increase of over-64s and that, by 2020, there will be more than 60 year-olds than children under five
Summary
The effects of the aging of the general population on the Health and Welfare system are considerable: the elderly gradual increase and the improvements in the patient’s life expectancy, thanks to the effectiveness of diagnostic and therapeutic pathways, lead to continuous increase of chronic patients. User-centered mobile health tracking apps are commonly used in healthcare and they have gained widespread popularity facilitating the maintenance of health and management of chronic conditions, allowing the sharing of clinical information over distances. Is among the countries with the highest percentage of elderly people: currently, the life expectancy at birth of males amounts to 80.1 years, for women is 84.7 years old User-centered mobile health tracking apps are commonly used in healthcare and they have gained widespread popularity by facilitating the maintenance of health and management of chronic conditions [3,4] and by empowering individuals to contribute to their own well-being and health [5]. The survey results clearly demonstrate that there has been impressive growth in almost all studied areas since 2010, reflecting country attitudes to eHealth being considered fundamental to health system strengthening and innovation
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