Exploring the Design of Low-End Technology to Increase Patient Connectivity to Electronic Health Records

Rens Kievit, Abdullahi Kawu, Mirjam van Reisen, Dympna O’Sullivan, Lucy Hederman

2024

Abstract

The tracking of the vitals of patients with long term health problems is essential for clinicians to determine proper care. Using Patient Generated Health Data (PGHD) communicated remotely allows patients to be monitored without requiring frequent hospital visits. Issues might arise when the communication of data digitally is difficult or impossible due to a lack of access to internet or a low level of digital literacy as is the case in many African countries. The VODAN-Africa project (van Reisen et al., 2021) started in 2020 and has greatly increased the capabilities of clinics in different countries in both Africa and Asia, but currently no systems are in place for the integration of external data from patients with long term health problems. In this article we outline our investigation into methods to increase the connectivity of patients with long term health problems with their clinics, and propose a solution in the form of a data pipeline prototype based on an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kievit R., Kawu A., van Reisen M., O’Sullivan D. and Hederman L. (2024). Exploring the Design of Low-End Technology to Increase Patient Connectivity to Electronic Health Records. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 194-200. DOI: 10.5220/0012460900003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf24,
author={Rens Kievit and Abdullahi Kawu and Mirjam van Reisen and Dympna O’Sullivan and Lucy Hederman},
title={Exploring the Design of Low-End Technology to Increase Patient Connectivity to Electronic Health Records},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2024},
pages={194-200},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012460900003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - Exploring the Design of Low-End Technology to Increase Patient Connectivity to Electronic Health Records
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - Kievit R.
AU - Kawu A.
AU - van Reisen M.
AU - O’Sullivan D.
AU - Hederman L.
PY - 2024
SP - 194
EP - 200
DO - 10.5220/0012460900003657
PB - SciTePress