The Project
The object of the present research project entitled “Platform creation for self-care of patients with hypertension and chronic cardiovascular diseases” is the development of an innovative application, ‘ForMyHeart’, which will be addressed to people suffering from arterial hypertension/CVD and treating physicians – nurses with the aim of comprehensive and personalized self-management of the disease.
The application will help the user-person with hypertension in the self-management of the disease and in his decision-making support through gathering, recording and monitoring his progress. It will be a tool for recording and analyzing the user’s data – measurements as well as extracting results of his daily course, in relation to specific goals he has set.
The application will support the user-patient with reward and/or warning messages, depending on his measurements, but will also send a notification to predetermined people (relatives, friends), in case of potential danger, while the mobile device will sound as a wake-up call and first aid instructions will be provided to facilitate bystanders to manage the episode effectively.
Also, the user-patient, if he wishes, will be able to give access to his attending physician to monitor his data, thus achieving a reduction in cost, time and travel between them.
The Objectives
The objectives of the project are the utilization of innovative approaches and cutting-edge technologies for:
- Easily record, track and manage data affecting the disease
- Detection - treatment of atrial fibrillation episodes
- Supporting CVD patients in decision-making, medication adherence/education and disease information
- Strengthening patient-doctor communication
- Immediate feedback to doctors in cases that need attention
- Comprehensive remote monitoring of patients by doctors
- Optimization of provided medical services
- Support of relatives/friendly environment of sufferer
- Analysis and utilization of medical data by university/clinical agencies
- Interface with 3rd party applications/devices for more complete management of disease and co-morbidities (e.g. diabetes)
- Strengthening research in the field of cardiovascular diseases in the light of digital applications (mhealth)
- Interconnection of vectors active in the medical field with the ability of organizing joint actions for the common benefit
Application Audience
Patients with hypertension
Young & middle-aged people, AD stage 1, 2, 3 etc., familiar with the new technologies, interested in their physical condition, diet (salt intake, alcohol, smoking), engage in daily activities, have a social life and wish to adhere to their systematic treatment.
Research organizations
(research institutes, university laboratories, providers of health services and dissemination of knowledge, medical associations) to exploit the data that will be gathered.
Sufferers' relative/friendly environment
which can monitor their progress.
Doctors dealing with cardiovascular diseases
For more comprehensive patient monitoring, pattern recognition, immediate feedback and optimization of provided services.
Companies manufacturing and promoting pressure gauges and related items/services
with the purpose of their participation in the commercial exploitation of the application.