title: A chip card for patients with diabetes.
abstract: DIABCARD provides the specification for the core of a Chip Card Based Medical Information System (CCMIS) for the treatment of patients with chronic diseases. It will provide an instrument for assessing health care services, improve the links between health care providers and set up communication between the different levels of health care. It will therefore improve the quality of care and thus the life of patients with chronic diseases. DIABCARD concentrates on diabetes at the moment, the concept of the diabetes chip card will, however, be extendable to other chronic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Engelbrecht
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kühnel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corcoy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eberhard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gapp
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klepser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Leiva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massi-Benedetti
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003219:Confidentiality; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life