Publications by authors named "Elena Villalba"
Objectives: The deployment and adoption of Integrated Personal Health and Care Services in Europe has been slow and fragmented. There have been many initiatives and projects of this kind in different European regions, many of which have not gone beyond the pilot stage. We investigated the necessary conditions for mainstreaming these services into care provision.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatient interaction in homecare systems to treat cardiovascular diseases in the long term.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
April 2010
Article Synopsis
- The aging global population is expected to significantly increase the prevalence of chronic diseases, necessitating a shift from reactive care to preventive health strategies.
- New technologies, such as Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing, are paving the way for Personal Health Systems (PHS) that ensure better continuity of care and resource utilization.
- The paper proposes a model for designing user interactions in medical applications, focusing on creating more usable interfaces to enhance patient experience and adherence to medical protocols.