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- Telemonitoring in heart failure patient managementPublication . Silva, Patrícia; Gomes, Paulo Veloso; Condeço, Jorge; Curado, Henrique; Veloso, RitaHeart failure is a highly prevalent clinical syndrome, associated with high costs to the national health system and with a negative impact on patients’ quality of life. In order to reduce mortality, the rate of hospitalisations and improve quality of life, the empowerment of the patient for self-care from self-monitoring of signs and symptoms, taking medication, education about the disease, is a pillar of the treatment so that they can recognise signs of exacerbation of the disease in time and resort to health services early. Mobile health apps (mHealthh) have shown promise as a tool to engage and promote patient self-care, decreasing mortality and hospitalisations. However, to improve outcomes, more robust studies are needed on the development of the applications with regard to their contents, functions and usability, so as to overcome the obstacles to their use and ensure greater evidence of the benefits of their use.
- m-Health system for the self-management of patients with heart failurePublication . Silva, Patrícia; Gomes, Paulo Veloso; Condeço, Jorge; Marques, António; Curado, Henrique; Veloso, Rita; Pereira, JavierIncreasingly, the use of technology is emerging as a tool to support health care. The new information and telecommunications technologies have triggered a new paradigm in health: in access, availability and management of information. Telemonitoring interventions in patients with heart failure have been shown to be cost effective in reducing the rate of hospitalisations and mortality. The development of m-Health applications focused on the centralization of care in patients, considering the perspectives of different stakeholders, promises results not only in clinical (mortality and morbidity) but also in patient outcome reports (quality of life and self-care). This work presents an integrated information system for telemonitoring and self-management of patients with heart failure.