TY - CHAP
T1 - Designing and evaluating online telehealth systems for seniors
AU - Dhillon, J. S.
AU - Wünsche, B. C.
AU - Lutteroth, C.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The increasing cost of senior healthcare represents a serious challenge to most developed countries. Telehealth has been widely promoted as a technology to make healthcare more effective and affordable, however, current telehealth systems suffer from vendor lock-in and high cost, and are designed for managing chronic diseases rather than preventing them. We propose a novel framework for telehealth systems aimed at overcoming these shortcomings through principles such as extensibility, accessibility, social support and motivational feedback. The framework was employed to develop a patient-centric telehealth system, Healthcare4Life, which was evaluated in a user study to draw conclusions about the feasibility and acceptance of such a system by seniors. The results indicate that seniors are capable and motivated to use a web-based telehealth system if it provides suitable health applications. Furthermore, the results suggest that such a system has the potential to affect seniors’ attitude towards their own health positively.
AB - The increasing cost of senior healthcare represents a serious challenge to most developed countries. Telehealth has been widely promoted as a technology to make healthcare more effective and affordable, however, current telehealth systems suffer from vendor lock-in and high cost, and are designed for managing chronic diseases rather than preventing them. We propose a novel framework for telehealth systems aimed at overcoming these shortcomings through principles such as extensibility, accessibility, social support and motivational feedback. The framework was employed to develop a patient-centric telehealth system, Healthcare4Life, which was evaluated in a user study to draw conclusions about the feasibility and acceptance of such a system by seniors. The results indicate that seniors are capable and motivated to use a web-based telehealth system if it provides suitable health applications. Furthermore, the results suggest that such a system has the potential to affect seniors’ attitude towards their own health positively.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08491-6_14
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84904616262
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-08491-6_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-08491-6_14
M3 - Other chapter contribution
SN - 9783319084909
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 167
EP - 178
BT - Human-Computer Systems Interaction
A2 - Hippe, Z. S.
A2 - Kulikowski, J. L.
A2 - Mroczek, T.
A2 - Wtorek, J.
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -