Service and business model for technology enabled and home-based cardiac rehabilitation programs.
Cardiac rehabilitation programs are comprehensive life-style programs aimed at preventing recurrence of a cardiac event. However, the current programs have globally significantly low levels of uptake. Home-based model can be a viable alternative to hospital-based programs. We developed and analysed a service and business model for home based cardiac rehabilitation based on personal mentoring using mobile phones and web services. We analysed the different organizational and economical aspects of setting up and running the home based program and propose a potential business model for a sustainable and viable service. The model can be extended to management of other chronic conditions to enable transition from hospital and care centre based treatments to sustainable home-based care.
Sarela
Antti
A
Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia. antti.sarela@csiro.au
Whittaker
Frank
F
Korhonen
Ilkka
I
D001315:Australia; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*