TY - JOUR
T1 - Technology-Assisted Congestive Heart Failure Care
AU - Iyngkaran, Pupalan
AU - Toukhsati, S. R.
AU - Bidargaddi, Niranjan
AU - Zimmet, H.
AU - Atherton, John
AU - Hare, D
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - The interface between eHealth technologies and disease management in chronic conditions such as chronic heart failure (CHF) has advanced beyond the research domain. The substantial morbidity, mortality, health resource utilization and costs imposed by chronic disease, accompanied by increasing prevalence, complex comorbidities and changing client and health staff demographics, have pushed the boundaries of eHealth to alleviate costs whilst maintaining services. Whilst the intentions are laudable and the technology is appealing, this nonetheless requires careful scrutiny. This review aims to describe this technology and explore the current evidence and measures to enhance its implementation.
AB - The interface between eHealth technologies and disease management in chronic conditions such as chronic heart failure (CHF) has advanced beyond the research domain. The substantial morbidity, mortality, health resource utilization and costs imposed by chronic disease, accompanied by increasing prevalence, complex comorbidities and changing client and health staff demographics, have pushed the boundaries of eHealth to alleviate costs whilst maintaining services. Whilst the intentions are laudable and the technology is appealing, this nonetheless requires careful scrutiny. This review aims to describe this technology and explore the current evidence and measures to enhance its implementation.
KW - eHealth
KW - Heart failure
KW - Implementation
KW - Review
KW - Technology
KW - Telemonitoring
UR - http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.flinders.edu.au/article/10.1007/s11897-014-0251-3
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84925488555&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11897-014-0251-3
DO - 10.1007/s11897-014-0251-3
M3 - Review article
VL - 12
SP - 173
EP - 186
JO - Current Heart Failure Reports
JF - Current Heart Failure Reports
SN - 1546-9530
IS - 2
ER -