Tsalatsanis, Athanasios, Eleazar Gil-Herrera, Ali Yalcin, Benjamin Djulbegovic, and Laura Barnes. 2011. “Designing Patient-Centric Applications for Chronic Disease Management.”. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 2011: 3146-9.
Abstract
Chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease are the leading causes of disability and death in the developed world. Technological interventions such as mobile applications have the ability to facilitate and motivate patients in chronic disease management, but these types of interventions present considerable design challenges. The primary objective of this paper is to present the challenges arising from the design and implementation of software applications aiming to assist patients in chronic disease management. We also outline preliminary results regarding a self-management application currently under development targeting young adults suffering from type 1 diabetes.