PurposeA broader challenge of co-creating digital solutions with patients addresses the question how to apply an open-access digital platform with trusted digital health information as a measure to transform the way patients access and... more
PurposeA broader challenge of co-creating digital solutions with patients addresses the question how to apply an open-access digital platform with trusted digital health information as a measure to transform the way patients access and understand health information. It further addresses use this for adherence to treatment, risk minimization and quality of life throughout the integrated patient journey. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the early steps in towards progress to co-creating the digital solution.Design/methodology/approachTo coordinate the co-creation process, the authors established a multiphased plan to deep-dive into user needs and behaviors across patient journeys, to identify nuances and highlight important patterns in stakeholder and end-user segment at various stages in the patient's journey.FindingsA set of tools was designed to serve as a human-centered compass throughout the lifecycle of the project. Those tools include shared objects; personas, user j...
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IoT technologies generate intelligence and connectivity and develop knowledge to be used in the decision-making process. However, research that uses big data through global interconnected infrastructures, such as the ‘Internet of Things’... more
IoT technologies generate intelligence and connectivity and develop knowledge to be used in the decision-making process. However, research that uses big data through global interconnected infrastructures, such as the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) for Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA), is fraught with several ethical concerns. A large-scale application of IoT operating in diverse piloting contexts and case studies needs to be orchestrated by a robust framework to guide ethical and sustainable decision making in respect to data management of AHA and IoT based solutions. The main objective of the current article is to present the successful completion of a collaborative multiscale research work, which addressed the complicated exercise of ethical decision making in IoT smart ecosystems for older adults. Our results reveal that among the strong enablers of the proposed ethical decision support model were the participatory and deliberative procedures complemented by a set of regulatory and no...
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Introduction Home-based programmes for cardiac rehabilitation play a key role in the recovery of patients with coronary artery disease. However, their necessary educational and motivational components have been rarely implemented with the... more
Introduction Home-based programmes for cardiac rehabilitation play a key role in the recovery of patients with coronary artery disease. However, their necessary educational and motivational components have been rarely implemented with the help of modern mobile technologies. We developed a mobile health system designed for motivating patients to adhere to their rehabilitation programme by providing exercise monitoring, guidance, motivational feedback, and educational content. Methods Our multi-disciplinary approach is based on mapping "desired behaviours" into specific system's specifications, borrowing concepts from Fogg's Persuasive Systems Design principles. A randomised controlled trial was conducted to compare mobile-based rehabilitation (55 patients) versus standard care (63 patients). Results Some technical issues related to connectivity, usability and exercise sessions interrupted by safety algorithms affected the trial. For those who completed the rehabilit...
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Medicine, Linear models, Cardiac Surgery, Germany, Humans, and 15 moreInternal Medicine, Female, Male, Monitoring, Heart rate, Exercise Prescription, Aged, Cardiac rehabilitation, Coronary Artery Disease, Exercise Test, Internet, Exercise Tolerance, Exercise training, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, and Medical prescription
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Bioengineering, Education, Health Behavior, Frailty, Aging, and 15 moreEmpowerment, Coaching, Humans, Europe, Chronic Disease, Journal Article, Action Plan, Aged, Citizen Empowerment, Falls, European Continental Ancestry Group, Integrated Care, Cooperative Behavior, Frail elderly, and Accidental falls
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Information Systems, Psychology, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, and 15 moreHappiness, Facial expression, Medicine, Emotions, Disgust, Humans, Emotion Recognition, Female, Male, Support vector machine, Adult, Huntington disease, Healthy Subjects, Biosensing Techniques, and Prediction Accuracy
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Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Reading Habits/Attitudes, Quality of life, and 10 moreUser Interface, HCI, Ambient Intelligence, Ambient Assisted Living, Design framework, Adaptive User Interface, Universal Access, Assisted Living, Wireless Sensor Network, and Springer Ebooks
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Computer Science, Expert Systems, Health Promotion, Rehabilitation, Medicine, and 15 moreInformática, Humans, eHealth, Medicina, Heart rate, Exercise Prescription, Computer User Interface Design, Management System, Myocardial Infarction, Design and Development, Cardiac rehabilitation, Ambulatory BP monitoring, Equipment Design, Equipment Failure Analysis, and Exercise training
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This paper describes the design and development of a system for cardio rehabilitation of patients that suffered a myocardial infarction. The proposed solution focuses on exercise prescriptions and the encouragement of healthy behaviors.... more
This paper describes the design and development of a system for cardio rehabilitation of patients that suffered a myocardial infarction. The proposed solution focuses on exercise prescriptions and the encouragement of healthy behaviors. The innovative strategy of the design takes into account health promotion models to provide safe, assistive exercise training sessions, personalized feedbacks, and educational contents.