Kiefer S, Schäfer M, Schera F, Niederländer H, Rohm K
Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, St. Ingbert, Deutschland.
Biomed Tech (Berl). 2002;47 Suppl 1 Pt 2:958-62. doi: 10.1515/bmte.2002.47.s1b.958.
In the German region Saarland a pilot trial has been conducted for the post-clinical telecare and rehabilitation of stroke patients in there homes by a cooperative network of local healthcare providers. For that purpose an e-home care platform has been developed by a combine of Fraunhofer institutes under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering. A network formed by a clinic, 2 general practitioners and an advice centre cared for 18 patients using the so-called PHS Homecare Platform for telemonitoring and virtual visits by videophone. (PHS: Personal Health Service--A research initiative of the Fraunhofer Society in the years 1996-2001). In the underlying feasibility study the telecare of stroke patients in the context of the German healthcare system has been tested and the e-home care platform has been evaluated.
