title: Telemedicine and Cooperative Remote Healthcare Services: COPD Field Trial.
abstract: The introduction of sustainable telemedicine solutions throughout Europe requires the development of secure, flexible and expandable systems and the evaluation of their operation in real-world settings such as field trials. This paper describes a system for a remote monitoring and care support field trial with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients. By following a user-centred-development and Privacy by Design approach, the needs of all involved user groups could be addressed, while fulfilling, at the same time, national requirements with emphasis in security and privacy protection. The solution covers specific applications and services for COPD patients and their remote care takers, but allows the generalization of its applicability to other patient groups.
authors.affiliation: Department for ICT, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerdes
authors.affiliation: Department for ICT, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway.
authors.forename: Berglind
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smaradottir
authors.affiliation: Department for ICT, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.affiliation: Department for ICT, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway.
authors.forename: Rune
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fensli
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005060:Europe; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014584:User-Computer Interface