Introduction of a telemonitoring service for patients affected by Chronic Heart Failure

2009 11th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 138-145

  Masella, C ^a   Zanaboni, P ^a   Borghi, G ^b   Castelli, A ^b   Marzegalli, M ^c   Tridico, C ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CEFRIEL   (Italy)

^c SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Healthcare Directorate General of the Lombardia Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chronic heart failure (CHF); Implementation process; Telemonitoring service

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC HEART FAILURES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELE-MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE SERVICES;

HEART; TABLE LOOKUP;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77749324148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEALTH.2009.5406189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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