| Autor: |
Melero-Muñoz FJ; Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera de Murcia, C/Perales s/n, 30510 Yecla, Spain.; Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Plaza Hospital 1, 30202 Cartagena, Spain., Bueno-Delgado MV; Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Plaza Hospital 1, 30202 Cartagena, Spain.; E-Lighthouse Network Solutions S.L, C/Angel s/n, 30202 Cartagena, Spain., Martínez-Carreras R; Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Plaza Hospital 1, 30202 Cartagena, Spain., Maestre-Ferriz R; Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera de Murcia, C/Perales s/n, 30510 Yecla, Spain., Beteta-Medina MÁ; Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera de Murcia, C/Perales s/n, 30510 Yecla, Spain., Puebla-Martínez T; Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera de Murcia, C/Perales s/n, 30510 Yecla, Spain., Bleda-Tomás AL; Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera de Murcia, C/Perales s/n, 30510 Yecla, Spain., Sánchez-Nanclares G; Servicio Murciano de Salud, Edif. Habitamia 5º, 30100 Murcia, Spain., Pérez-de-Zabala R; MIWEnergia, Parque Científico de Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Spain., Álvarez-Leon M; Minsait-Av. Bruselas 35, 28108 Alcobendas, Spain. |
| Abstrakt: |
Heart failure is the most common disease among elderly people, and the risk increases with age. The use of smart Internet of Things (IoT) systems for monitoring patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in a non-intrusive manner can result in better control of the disease, improving proactive healthcare through real-time and historical patient's data, promoting self-care in patients, reducing unneeded interaction between patients and doctors, reducing the number of hospitalizations and saving healthcare costs. This work presents an active assisted living (AAL) solution based on the IoT to provide a tele-assistance platform for CHF patients from the public health service of the region of Murcia in Spain, with formal and informal caregivers and health professionals also as key actors. In this article, we have detailed the methodology, results, and conclusions of the prevalidation phase for the set of IoT technologies to be integrated in the AAL platform, the first mandatory step before the deployment of a large-scale pilot that will lead to improving the innovation of the system from its current technology readiness level to the market. The work presented, in the framework of the H2020 Pharaon project, aims to serve as inspiration to the R&D community for the design, development, and deployment of AAL solutions based on heterogeneous IoT technologies, or similar approaches, for smart healthcare solutions in real healthcare institutions. |
