TY - JOUR
T1 - Requirements for a Telemedicine Center to Monitor LVAD Patients
AU - Reiss, Nils
AU - Wegner, Kirby Kristin
AU - Hoffmann, Jan-Dirk
AU - Schulte Eistrup, Sebastian
AU - Boeken, Udo
AU - Morshuis, Michiel
AU - Schmidt, Thomas
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - E-health, especially telemedicine, has undergone a remarkably dynamic development over the last decade. Most experience is currently in the field of telemedical care for heart failure (HF) patients. However, HF patients with an implanted left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) have been more or less excluded from consistent telemonitoring until now. The majority of complications associated with LVAD therapy occur during the post-implantation phase. Effective outpatient management is therefore the key to improving long-term outcome of LVAD patients. Thereby, implementation of a telemedicine center for close monitoring could play an important role, e.g. through early detection of complications. This study provides insights into structural, staff and spatial requirements for a telemedicine center to monitor the special group of LVAD patients, based on comprehensive literature research and expert interviews.
AB - E-health, especially telemedicine, has undergone a remarkably dynamic development over the last decade. Most experience is currently in the field of telemedical care for heart failure (HF) patients. However, HF patients with an implanted left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) have been more or less excluded from consistent telemonitoring until now. The majority of complications associated with LVAD therapy occur during the post-implantation phase. Effective outpatient management is therefore the key to improving long-term outcome of LVAD patients. Thereby, implementation of a telemedicine center for close monitoring could play an important role, e.g. through early detection of complications. This study provides insights into structural, staff and spatial requirements for a telemedicine center to monitor the special group of LVAD patients, based on comprehensive literature research and expert interviews.
KW - Heart Failure
KW - Heart-Assist Devices
KW - Humans
KW - Monitoring, Physiologic
KW - Telemedicine
M3 - Conference article in journal
C2 - 31118331
SN - 0926-9630
VL - 260
SP - 146
EP - 153
JO - Studies in health technology and informatics
JF - Studies in health technology and informatics
ER -