title: Telehealth technologies for managing chronic disease - experiences from Australia and the UK.
abstract: In developed countries, chronic disease now accounts for more than 75% of health care expenditure and nearly an equivalent percentage of disease-related deaths [1]. The burden of chronic disease (often, but not exclusively, associated with ageing) includes congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypertension and diabetes. Over the past several decades there has been an epidemiological shift in disease burden from acute to chronic diseases that has rendered acute care models of health service delivery inadequate to address population health needs.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. n.lovell@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Nigel H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Lovell
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Redmond
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Basilakis
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shany
authors.forename: Branko G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Celler
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom