Empowering patients through a patient portal for an improved diabetes management

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 398-405

  Karatzanis, Ioannis ^a   Kontogiannis, Vasilis ^a   Spanakis, Emmanouil G ^a   Chiarugi, Franco ^a   Fursse, Joanna ^b   Jones, Russell W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b Chorleywood Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose measurement; Closed loop control; Diabetes management; Insulin delivery; Patient empowerment; Patient portal

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASUREMENTS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; DIABETES MANAGEMENT; INSULIN DELIVERY; PATIENT EMPOWERMENTS; PATIENT PORTAL;

DISEASES;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84897585911     PISSN: 18678211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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