MobiHealth(TM): Putting Care in Motion
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Abstract
Introduction
MobiHealth B.V. develops ICT services for (mobile) remote monitoring of patients. These so-called telemedicine services enable patients to continue their normal daily activities while collecting realistic physiological data that help a care professional in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Care professionals gain a better and cost-effective way of providing care while the patients remain in the comfort of their own environment.
MobiHealth(TM) has several years of experience in the telemedicine domain. During this period we developed the MobiHealth Services Platform(TM) (MHSP) which acts as the foundation of our services. We leverage our experience and MHSP as 'the MobiHealth(TM) method' in research and commercial activities. We collaborate in multiple research initiatives (e.g. U-Care, Trainutri project), and exploit several commercial services (e.g. BP@Home(TM) and drug research). In this abstract, we give an impression on the MobiHealth(TM) method and focus on U-Care and BP@Home(TM) as examples of MobiHealth(TM) activities.
MobiHealth(TM) method
Developing (mobile) remote monitoring services is a complex task. Retrieving requirements, creating a technical robust, secure and flexible solution that also complies to legislation and standards is key to success.
We adopt a holistic approach for the development and commercialization of our telemedicine services. Our method is based on a model that describes four phases in the commercialization process of a telemedicine service: create robust technology, obtain acceptance, comply with or adapting to finance and organization structures and comply with laws and regulation.
Concerning all phases, a key element is to capture the requirements of the involved stakeholders. MobiHealth(TM) adopts a scenario-based requirement elicitation method applied by requirement engineers that bridge the gap between medical and ICT specialists. As early as possible regulatory issues are incorporated in this process such as privacy and CE legislation.
BP@Home(TM) and U-care
BP@Home(TM) (www.bpathome.com) offers a service for home blood pressure monitoring. Treating hypertension is key to prevent all kinds of cardiovascular diseases. By using BP@Home(TM) care professionals get more realistic measurements that enable them to provide higher quality care. Furthermore they get more treatment capacity due to less face to face contacts. Patients have to travel less and get more insight in their situation due to biofeedback mechanisms. BP@Home(TM) is trialed with hospitals and general practitioners. Currently, it is commercially available.
In the U-care project (ucare.ewi.utwente.nl) a generic service platform is developed that offers tailored healthcare services to patients and care professionals. MobiHealth(TM) offers its MHSP as a building block in this platform to facilitate robust and securing trialing of U-care concepts. Furthermore, we research the relevance of the concept op 'data freshness' for care professionals, also denoted as Quality of Experience.
Conclusion
MobiHealth B.V. develops ICT services for mobile remote monitoring of patients. We use our MHSP as the foundation for these services. We currently exploit commercial services for home blood pressure measuring and drug research. We participate in research projects and can offer a robust measurement platform for trailing of telemedicine services.
Acknowledgements
This work is partially part of the IOP GenCom U-Care project (http://ucare.ewi.utwente.nl) which is sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs under contract IGC0816.
MobiHealth B.V. develops ICT services for (mobile) remote monitoring of patients. These so-called telemedicine services enable patients to continue their normal daily activities while collecting realistic physiological data that help a care professional in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Care professionals gain a better and cost-effective way of providing care while the patients remain in the comfort of their own environment.
MobiHealth(TM) has several years of experience in the telemedicine domain. During this period we developed the MobiHealth Services Platform(TM) (MHSP) which acts as the foundation of our services. We leverage our experience and MHSP as 'the MobiHealth(TM) method' in research and commercial activities. We collaborate in multiple research initiatives (e.g. U-Care, Trainutri project), and exploit several commercial services (e.g. BP@Home(TM) and drug research). In this abstract, we give an impression on the MobiHealth(TM) method and focus on U-Care and BP@Home(TM) as examples of MobiHealth(TM) activities.
MobiHealth(TM) method
Developing (mobile) remote monitoring services is a complex task. Retrieving requirements, creating a technical robust, secure and flexible solution that also complies to legislation and standards is key to success.
We adopt a holistic approach for the development and commercialization of our telemedicine services. Our method is based on a model that describes four phases in the commercialization process of a telemedicine service: create robust technology, obtain acceptance, comply with or adapting to finance and organization structures and comply with laws and regulation.
Concerning all phases, a key element is to capture the requirements of the involved stakeholders. MobiHealth(TM) adopts a scenario-based requirement elicitation method applied by requirement engineers that bridge the gap between medical and ICT specialists. As early as possible regulatory issues are incorporated in this process such as privacy and CE legislation.
BP@Home(TM) and U-care
BP@Home(TM) (www.bpathome.com) offers a service for home blood pressure monitoring. Treating hypertension is key to prevent all kinds of cardiovascular diseases. By using BP@Home(TM) care professionals get more realistic measurements that enable them to provide higher quality care. Furthermore they get more treatment capacity due to less face to face contacts. Patients have to travel less and get more insight in their situation due to biofeedback mechanisms. BP@Home(TM) is trialed with hospitals and general practitioners. Currently, it is commercially available.
In the U-care project (ucare.ewi.utwente.nl) a generic service platform is developed that offers tailored healthcare services to patients and care professionals. MobiHealth(TM) offers its MHSP as a building block in this platform to facilitate robust and securing trialing of U-care concepts. Furthermore, we research the relevance of the concept op 'data freshness' for care professionals, also denoted as Quality of Experience.
Conclusion
MobiHealth B.V. develops ICT services for mobile remote monitoring of patients. We use our MHSP as the foundation for these services. We currently exploit commercial services for home blood pressure measuring and drug research. We participate in research projects and can offer a robust measurement platform for trailing of telemedicine services.
Acknowledgements
This work is partially part of the IOP GenCom U-Care project (http://ucare.ewi.utwente.nl) which is sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs under contract IGC0816.
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