e-Health: A Future Solution for Optimized Management of Elderly Patients. GER-e-TEC™ Project

Autor: Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar, Noël Lorenzo-Villalba, Oumair-Ahmad Zulfiqar, Mohamed Hajjam, Quentin Courbon, Lucie Esteoulle, Bernard Geny, Samy Talha, Dominique Letourneau, Jawad Hajjam, Sylvie Erve, Amir Hajjam El Hassani, Emmanuel Andres
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Medicines, Vol 7, Iss 8, p 41 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2305-6320
DOI: 10.3390/medicines7080041
Popis: Background: Elderly residents in nursing homes have multiple comorbidities (including cognitive and psycho-behavioral pathologies, malnutrition, heart failure, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and renal failure) and use multiple medications. Methods: The GER-e-TEC project aims to provide these fragile and complex patients with telemedicine tools, more specifically telemonitoring, backed by a well-defined and personalized protocol. Results: Medically, this implies the need for regular monitoring and a high level of medical and multidisciplinary expertise for the healthcare team. The tools use non-invasive communicating sensors and artificial intelligence techniques, allowing daily monitoring with the ability to detect any abnormal changes in the patient’s condition early. Conclusions: The GER-e-TEC project specifically considers the challenges of aging residents and significant challenges in nursing homes, with the main geriatric syndromes (falls, malnutrition, cognitive-behavioral disorders, and iatrogenic conditions).
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