TY - JOUR
T1 - Telemonitoring and Medical Care of Heart Failure Patients Supported by Left Ventricular Assist Devices
T2 - The Medolution Project
AU - Reiss, Nils
AU - Schmidt, Thomas
AU - Müller-von Aschwege, Frerk
AU - Thronicke, Wolfgang
AU - Hoffmann, Jan-Dirk
AU - Röbesaat, Jenny Inge
AU - Deniz, Ezin
AU - Hein, Andreas
AU - Krumm, Heiko
AU - Stewing, Franz-Josef
AU - Willemsen, Detlev
AU - Schmitto, Jan Dieter
AU - Feldmann, Christina
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Long-term survival after left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
implantation in heart failure patients is mainly determined by a
sophisticated after-care. Ambulatory visits only take place every 12
weeks. In case of life-threatening complications (pump thrombosis,
driveline infection) this might lead to delayed diagnosis and delayed
intervention. It is the intention of the international project
Medolution (Medical care evolution) to develop new approaches in order
to create best structures for telemonitoring of LVAD patients. In the
very early period of the project a questionnaire was sent to 180 LVAD
patients to evaluate the need and acceptance of telemonitoring.
Thereafter, a graphical user interface (GUI) mockup was developed as one
of the first steps to improve the continuous contact between the LVAD
patient and the physician. As a final goal the Medolution project aims
to bundle all relevant informations from different data sources into one
platform in order to provide the physician a comprehensive overview of a
patient's situation. In the systems background a big data analysis
should run permanently and should try to detect abnormalities and
correlations as well. At crucial events, a notification system should
inform the physician and should provide the causing data via a decision
support system. With this new system we are expecting early detection
and prevention of common and partially life-threatening complications,
less readmissions to the hospital, an increase in quality of life for
the patients and less costs for the health care system as well.
AB - Long-term survival after left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
implantation in heart failure patients is mainly determined by a
sophisticated after-care. Ambulatory visits only take place every 12
weeks. In case of life-threatening complications (pump thrombosis,
driveline infection) this might lead to delayed diagnosis and delayed
intervention. It is the intention of the international project
Medolution (Medical care evolution) to develop new approaches in order
to create best structures for telemonitoring of LVAD patients. In the
very early period of the project a questionnaire was sent to 180 LVAD
patients to evaluate the need and acceptance of telemonitoring.
Thereafter, a graphical user interface (GUI) mockup was developed as one
of the first steps to improve the continuous contact between the LVAD
patient and the physician. As a final goal the Medolution project aims
to bundle all relevant informations from different data sources into one
platform in order to provide the physician a comprehensive overview of a
patient's situation. In the systems background a big data analysis
should run permanently and should try to detect abnormalities and
correlations as well. At crucial events, a notification system should
inform the physician and should provide the causing data via a decision
support system. With this new system we are expecting early detection
and prevention of common and partially life-threatening complications,
less readmissions to the hospital, an increase in quality of life for
the patients and less costs for the health care system as well.
KW - Costs and Cost Analysis
KW - Heart Failure
KW - Heart-Assist Devices
KW - Humans
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Remote Sensing Technology
UR - https://ebooks.iospress.nl/pdf/doi/10.3233/978-1-61499-759-7-267
M3 - Conference article in journal
C2 - 28508806
SN - 0926-9630
VL - 236
SP - 267
EP - 274
JO - Studies in health technology and informatics
JF - Studies in health technology and informatics
ER -