title: A product-service system approach to telehealth application design.
abstract: A considerable proportion of current point-of-care devices do not offer a wide enough set of capabilities if they are to function in any telehealth system. There is a need for intermediate devices that lie between healthcare devices and service networks. The development of an application is suggested that allows for a smartphone to take the role of an intermediate device. This research seeks to identify the telehealth service requirements for long-term condition management using a product-service system approach. The use of product-service system has proven to be a suitable methodology for the design and development of telehealth smartphone applications.
authors.affiliation: Cranfield University, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flores-Vaquero
authors.affiliation: Cranfield University, UK.
authors.forename: Ashutosh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.affiliation: Cranfield University, UK.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcock
authors.affiliation: Cranfield University, UK.
authors.forename: Windo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hutabarat
authors.affiliation: Cranfield University, UK c.j.turner@cranfield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012648:Self Care; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: intermediate devices; product-service system; smartphone application