Interactive voice response system for home telemonitoring of heart failure patients

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 153-156

  Melillo, Paolo ^a   Pecchia, L ^a   Bracale, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic interactive voice response system; Chronic heart failure patients; Home telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOLOGY; MEDICAL PHYSICS; USER INTERFACES; WEB SERVICES;

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEART FAILURES; COMPLEX SERVICES; HOME TELEMONITORING; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS; WEB TECHNOLOGIES;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77949460453     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03904-1_43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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