Patients and EHRs tele home monitoring reference scenario

This scenario focuses on patients as users of Electronic Health Records (EHR) relevant information. The concrete field of applications is telemonitoring at home, a field where many new approaches and devices are showing up on the market in various countries, an indication of the perceived relevance and market potential of this type of patient involvement. After an introduction to key aspects of patients as users of EHRs, we describe the main application scenario. Generic considerations of telemonitoring at home, as well as the concrete context and application, the telemonitoring equipment presently in use, and screen shots of EHR patient data as seen by the physician (which will later be used for evaluation and validation purposes of patients' access to their vital data) are presented and discussed. We conclude with a vision of the empowered patient using his ERR data to improve his medical condition and quality of life.