Custom system for monitoring and management of heart failure at home.
Life Supporting Technologies Group of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), in collaboration with European partners, has developed a customized solution for home monitoring and management of chronic heart failure patients. The solution includes an application for patients based on the use of various sensors and questionnaires that allow monitor their health daily. The data collected by the application are sent to the medical professional, which through another application can perform an analysis and monitoring progress of the patients. HF Management also integrates an innovative strategy for education and motivation of patients. The solution has been validated by patients and healthcare professionals in a clinical observational study of 104 patients in two European countries for one year.
Heart Failure (HF) Management offers a technological solution for monitoring and management of patients suffering from chronic heart failure.
The solution includes an application for the patients, developed on a Tablet, which with the help of several sensors can monitor their health daily. The application also offers assistance to patients with daily routines needed in the care of their disease (e.g., medication management, questionnaires, etc.) and also includes a full program of education and motivation. All collected data are sent daily to the medical professional, who has an ICT application that allows them analyze, identify potential problems, adjust the medication and treatment of patients more effectively.
"HF Management allows personalized and effective monitoring of heart failure patients, detect decompensation, and reduce hospitalizations and associated costs”
HF Management Contact
Cecilia Vera Muñoz; María Teresa Arredondo
e: {cvera, mta} @lst.tfo.upm.es
Life Supporting Technologies (UPM)
w: www.lst.tfo.upm.es
UPM Contact
Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Area
Centre of Support for Technological Innovation – UPM
e: innovacion.tecnologica@upm.es