Technological Approaches to Remote Monitoring of Elderly People in Cardiology: A Usability Perspective | Zendy

Susanna Spinsante | Zendy; Roberto Antonicelli | Zendy; Ilaria Mazzanti | Zendy; Ennio Gambi | Zendy

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Technological Approaches to Remote Monitoring of Elderly People in Cardiology: A Usability Perspective

Author(s) -

Susanna Spinsante,

Roberto Antonicelli,

Ilaria Mazzanti,

Ennio Gambi

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of telemedicine and applications

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.363

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1687-6423

pISSN - 1687-6415

DOI - 10.1155/2012/104561

Subject(s) - usability , telemedicine , perspective (graphical) , health technology , service (business) , set (abstract data type) , medicine , benchmark (surveying) , health care , computer science , medical emergency , human–computer interaction , business , geodesy , marketing , artificial intelligence , geography , economics , programming language , economic growth

Moving from the experience gained in home telemonitoring of elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure, that confirmed a reduction of the rehospitalization rate and an improved monitoring of drugs assumption by the patients, this paper extends the evaluation of technological approaches for remote health monitoring of older adults. Focus of the evaluation is on telemedicine effectiveness and usability, either from a patient's or a medical operator's perspective. The evaluation has been performed by testing three remote health platforms designed according to different technological approaches, in a realistic scenario involving older adults and medical operators (doctors and nurses). The aim of the testing activity was not to benchmark a specific solution with respect to the others, but to evaluate the main positive and negative issues related to the system and service design philosophy each solution was built upon. Though preliminary, the results discussed in the paper can be used as a set of guidelines in the selection of proper technological equipments for services targeted to elderly users, from a usability perspective. These results need to be complemented with more focused discussions of the ethical, medical, and legal aspects of the use of technology in remote healthcare.

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