Telemonitoring
Under telemonitoring means the remote examination, diagnosis and monitoring of patients from his attending physician . The patient can continue his normal life. Telemonitoring is a very young aspect of telemedicine .
Patients are equipped with devices for measuring vital data (e.g. weight, blood pressure, heart rate) that are able to transmit this data directly to a healthcare provider. This can be the family doctor, a specialist or a telemedical center. In the event of life-threatening conditions, the doctor can be automatically alerted so that, under certain circumstances, life-saving help can be arranged. In addition, there can be a communication device in telemonitoring for the patient, e.g. B. a specially equipped mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). Information and feedback from the doctor can be automatically transferred to this device in telemonitoring, e.g. B. reminders of taking medication, measurements to be carried out or information about the current status of the measured values.
Telemonitoring requires special medical, technological, logistical, data security and legal requirements. Areas in which telemonitoring is already in use are e.g. B. diabetology , pulmonology and cardiology . Current terms in this context are also smart home care , remote physiological monitoring and patient monitoring . The company Biotronik calls its system "Home Monitoring".
The German Society for Cardiology founded a telemonitoring working group for the first time in 2005 and in 2013 published guidelines on telemonitoring for patients with implanted pacemakers , defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization systems.
literature
- Stephan Metzger, Legal Aspects and Perspectives of Telemedicine - With Special Consideration of Contract Law, Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 2009, ISBN 978-3-7190-2880-0 .
