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Recent Clinical eHealth Articles
Patient perspectives on the digitization of personal health information in the emergency department: Gaps and opportunities
2020
Sophia Ly | Kendall Ho
Chinese experts’ consensus on the Internet of Things-aided diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
2020
Li Bai | Dawei Yang | Xun Wang | Lin Tong | Xiaodan Zhu | Nanshan Zhong | Chunxue Bai | Charles A. Powell | Rongchang Chen | Jian Zhou | Yuanlin Song | Xin Zhou | Huili Zhu | Baohui Han | Qiang Li | Guochao Shi | Shengqing Li | Changhui Wang | Zhongmin Qiu | Yong Zhang | Yu Xu | Jie Liu | Ding Zhang | Chaomin Wu | Jing Li | Jinming Yu | Jiwei Wang | Chunling Dong | Yaoli Wang | Qi Wang | Lichuan Zhang | Min Zhang | Xia Ma | Lin Zhao | Wencheng Yu | Tao Xu | Yang Jin | Xiongbiao Wang | Yuehong Wang | Yan Jiang | Hong Chen | Kui Xiao | Xiaoju Zhang | Zhenju Song | Ziqiang Zhang | Xueling Wu | Jiayuan Sun | Yao Shen | Maosong Ye | Chunlin Tu | Jinjun Jiang | Hai Yu | Fei Tan
The aim is to diagnose COVID-19 earlier and to improve its treatment by applying medical technology, the “COVID-19 Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment Assistant Program (nCapp)” based on the Internet...
Prospect and application of Internet of Things technology for prevention of SARIs
2020
Yuanlin Song | Jinjun Jiang | Xun Wang | Dawei Yang | Chunxue Bai
The Internet of Things (IoT) includes three core procedures: full spectrum perception, reliable transmission, and intelligent processing. It can be applied for the prevention and control of SARI (severe...
General practitioners attitude towards the use of eHealth and online testing in primary care
2020
Thom de Wilt | Anke Versluis | Annelijn Goedhart | Esther Talboom-Kamp | Sanne van Delft
As people live longer and multimorbidity is common, the workload for general practitioners (GPs) is increasing. eHealth services, like online diagnostic testing, might help to increase efficiency in...
A pilot study of the ‘PSGCloud’ — A cloud-based care service delivery and sleep disorders diagnosis system. Part I: Sleep structure and arousal analysis
2020
Na Wu | Yan Li | Shan Wang | Ying Duan | Li-Qun Xu | He Gao
The high prevalence of sleep disorders has greatly increased the demands for diagnosis and treatment; while the imbalance in geographical distribution of necessary medical resources coupled with lacking...
A systematic review on the use of mHealth to increase physical activity in older people
2020
Ahmed Sohaib Aslam | Sanne van Luenen | Shaista Aslam | David van Bodegom | Niels H. Chavannes
Physical activity (PA) is important for maintaining good physical health. WHO recommends 150 min of PA per week to the older population but many older people do not meet this recommendation. The increasing...
Long-term effects of telemonitoring on healthcare usage in patients with heart failure or COPD
2020
Jorien M.M. van der Burg | N. Ahmad Aziz | Maurits C. Kaptein | Martine J.M. Breteler | Joris H. Janssen | Lisa van Vliet | Daniel Winkeler | Anneke van Anken | Marise J. Kasteleyn | Niels H. Chavannes
Heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are leading causes of disability and lead to substantial healthcare costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of home...
Implementation of an eHealth self-management care path for chronic somatic conditions
2019
Y. Ciere | R. van der Vaart | A.E. van der Meulen-De Jong | P.W.J. Maljaars | A.R. van Buul | J.G. Koopmans | J.B. Snoeck-Stroband | N.H. Chavannes | J.K. Sont | A.W.M. Evers
Self-management support for people with chronic somatic conditions can enhance clinical outcomes and patients’ quality of life. Implementing self-management support via eHealth could increase its availability...
An Internet of Things based COPD managing system: Its development, challenges and first experiences
2019
Lei Zhou | Chunling Du | Chunxue Bai | Yuanlin Song
In order to improve stable COPD patients’ management and reduce exacerbation, we established an Internet of Things based COPD managing system in Qingpu District Shanghai City....
Optimizing smoking cessation guideline implementation using text-messages and summary-sheets: A mixed-method evaluation
2019
E. Meijer | N.H. Chavannes | D. Segaar | J.L. Parlevliet | R.M.J.J. Van Der Kleij
Implementation of smoking cessation care (SCC) guidelines is suboptimal. This mixed-method study evaluated a two-component implementation strategy for the revised Dutch multidisciplinary tobacco dependence...
From chronic disease management to person-centered eHealth; a review on the necessity for blended care
March 2018
Esther P.W.A. Talboom-Kamp | Noortje A. Verdijk | Marise J. Kasteleyn | Mattijs E. Numans | Niels H. Chavannes
A growing need for structural changes in the organization of the health care system has emerged from the fast-growing number of people with chronic illnesses. eHealth supported self-management programs...
Chinese experts consensus for aerosol therapy assisted by Internet of Things
March 2018
Dong Yang | Xixin Yan | Jian Zhou | Bei He | Chunhua Chi | Kunling Shen | Baiqiang Cai | Chunxue Bai
Aerosol inhalation treatment imposes direct effects on target organs with less systematic side effects and no need of deliberate cooperation of patients. However, the lack of resources and experience...
To study the impact of mHealth interventions on chronic diseases management: A systematic overview of systematic reviews protocol
March 2018
Wafa Elamin | Dorothy Hannis | Lawrence Nnyanzi | Louisa Ells
Social media use for patient empowerment in the Gulf Cooperation Council region
March 2018
Manoj Menon | Babu George
Social media has emerged to become the most important review mechanism for customers in various industries. Healthcare, largely a credence service, was once thought to be immune from the influence of...
The time has come for “Real-World Studies” (RWS)
March 2018
Ningfang Wang | Mark Heitner | Chunxue Bai
The time has come for “real-world studies (RWS)” to assume its rightful place in clinical trials. RWS have a broader and more representative scope than randomized controlled trial (RCT) (Roy-Byrne et...
Precautionary measures for accidents due to mobile phone using IOT
March 2018
Visvam Devadoss Ambeth Kumar
“Every human life is the same and is worth saving” quotes renowned novelist and screenwriter JK Rowling. The significance of human life is of utmost importance and has to be universally respected. There...
