title: WEB-WAP based telecare.
abstract: We have developed two telecare applications based on mobile telephony (WAP) and WEB. The first can be used to request Basic Life Support (BLS) guidelines any time by using a WAP device and to teach people and non-professionals involved in health care emergency situations. The second is a WEB-WAP based tool for medical data retrieval and at-home health care monitoring of chronically ill patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) or diabetes. Medical education content related to these diseases is available on the WEB and on the WAP device. The WAP application uses the features found in the last generation of mobile phones such as better multimedia information presentations, better interactivity capabilities, and enhanced ease of use. Based on these two applications, a promising platform is offered for developing applications in health care, home care, medical monitoring and health education ensuring continuity of care. In the paper we present the preliminary results of a pilot test at Thessaloniki University (Greece) where the WEB-WAP based tool is used to monitor patients with diabetes or CHF.
authors.affiliation: University of Genoa and University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: DeLeo
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.forename: E Andrew
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Balas
authors.forename: Nicos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maglaveras
authors.forename: Suzanne Austin
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Boren
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beltrame
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fato
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D017216:Telemedicine; D013689:Telephone