The value of telemonitoring and ICT-guided disease management in heart failure: Results from the IN TOUCH study

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-60

  Kraai, Imke ^a   de Vries, Arjen ^a   Vermeulen, Karin ^a   van Deursen, Vincent ^a   van der Wal, Martje ^c   de Jong, Richard ^d   van Dijk, René ^b   Jaarsma, Tiny ^c   Hillege, Hans ^a   Lesman, Ivonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Cavari Clinics Groningen   (Netherlands)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer decision support; Disease management; Heart failure; ICT guided disease management; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISEASES; HEART; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIVES; HEART FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELE-MONITORING;

TELEMEDICINE;

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION AND COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY GUIDED DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HF QUESTIONNAIRE; MONITOR; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMONITORING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84951201640     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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