School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Telemed J E Health. 2010 Jun;16(5):603-7. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0165.
Diabetes and hypertension have become very common perhaps because of increasingly busy lifestyles, unhealthy eating habits, and a highly competitive workplace. The rapid advancement of mobile communication technologies offers innumerable opportunities for the development of software and hardware applications for remote monitoring of such chronic diseases. This study describes a remote health-monitoring service that provides an end-to-end solution, that is, (1) it collects blood pressure readings from the patient through a mobile phone; (2) it provides these data to doctors through a Web interface; and (3) it enables doctors to manage the chronic condition by providing feedback to the patients remotely. This article also aims at understanding the requirements and expectations of doctors and hospitals from such a remote health-monitoring service.
糖尿病和高血压已经变得非常普遍，也许是因为生活方式越来越忙碌、饮食习惯不健康以及竞争激烈的工作场所。移动通信技术的快速发展为慢性病远程监测的软件和硬件应用的开发提供了无数机会。本研究描述了一种远程健康监测服务，提供端到端解决方案，即：（1）通过移动电话从患者收集血压读数；（2）通过 Web 界面将这些数据提供给医生；（3）使医生能够通过远程为患者提供反馈来管理慢性病。本文还旨在了解医生和医院对这种远程健康监测服务的要求和期望。
