["Saar Stroke Teleservice--pilot study for stroke after care with a home care platform].
In the German region Saarland a pilot trial has been conducted for the post-clinical telecare and rehabilitation of stroke patients in there homes by a cooperative network of local healthcare providers. For that purpose an e-home care platform has been developed by a combine of Fraunhofer institutes under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering. A network formed by a clinic, 2 general practitioners and an advice centre cared for 18 patients using the so-called PHS Homecare Platform for telemonitoring and virtual visits by videophone. (PHS: Personal Health Service--A research initiative of the Fraunhofer Society in the years 1996-2001). In the underlying feasibility study the telecare of stroke patients in the context of the German healthcare system has been tested and the e-home care platform has been evaluated.
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Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, St. Ingbert, Deutschland. stephan.kiefer@ibmt.fraunhofer.de
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D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005194:Family Practice; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005858:Germany; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010865:Pilot Projects; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*