Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Open Access

Telehealth in COPD: Compiling a Tele-Monitoring Package

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a significant illness that lends itself well to telehealth – the remote monitoring of patients at home. The technology for COPD telemonitoring is usually supplied as a full package by multinational corporate suppliers. We present our experience of compiling a “home grown” telemonitoring kit using separate components from different technology providers. We used our solution in a real life telehealth service alongside telehealth solutions from market leaders. We demonstrated that it is feasible to gather separate elements of the COPD telehealth system, largely off-the-shelf, to produce a package capable of delivering the technical aspect of COPD telemonitoring with a performance acceptable to telehealth service providers.

Author(s):

Ghassan A Hamad, Alyn H Morice

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