title: Novel approaches for medication compliance and effectiveness analysis and support in cardiovascular disease patients.
abstract: HeartCycle is an integrated project aiming to provide a disease management solution for cardiovascular disease patients, by developing technologies, algorithms to interpret data and services to facilitate the remote management of patients at home. In this paper an overview of part of the algorithmic work package, oriented at motivating the patients to be compliant to treatment regimes and to adopt a beneficial lifestyle, will be given. A concept allowing further education of the patient on the effect of medication on their vital signs, as well as the prediction of medication effect and a possible way to check compliance using vital signs measurements will be presented.
authors.affiliation: Lab of Medical Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. ioannach@auth.gr
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chouvarda
authors.forename: Polyxeni
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gkontra
authors.forename: Athina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kokonozi
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Semertzidis
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caffarel
authors.forename: Nicos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maglaveras
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055986:Vital Signs