%0 Journal Article
%T E-health: a future solution for optimized management of elderly patients. GER-e-TEC™ Project
%J Medicines (Basel)
%D 2020
%A Zulfiqar, Abrar-Ahmad
%A Lorenzo-Villalba, Noël
%A Zulfiqar, Oumair-Ahmad
%A Hajjam, Mohamed
%A Courbon, Quentin
%A Esteoulle, Lucie
%A Geny, Bernard
%A Talha, Samy
%A Letourneau, Dominique
%A Hajjam, Jawad
%A Erve, Sylvie
%A Hajjam El Hassani, Amir
%A Andres, Emmanuel
%V 7
%N 8
%P e41-e41
%X BACKGROUND: Elderly residents in nursing homes have multiple comorbidities (including cognitive and psycho-behavioral pathologies, malnutrition, heart failure, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and renal failure) and use multiple medications.
METHODS: The GER-e-TEC project aims to provide these fragile and complex patients with telemedicine tools, more specifically telemonitoring, backed by a well-defined and personalized protocol.
RESULTS: Medically, this implies the need for regular monitoring and a high level of medical and multidisciplinary expertise for the healthcare team. The tools use non-invasive communicating sensors and artificial intelligence techniques, allowing daily monitoring with the ability to detect any abnormal changes in the patient's condition early.
CONCLUSIONS: The GER-e-TEC project specifically considers the challenges of aging residents and significant challenges in nursing homes, with the main geriatric syndromes (falls, malnutrition, cognitive-behavioral disorders, and iatrogenic conditions).
Language: en
%G en %I MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute %@ 2305-6320 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines7080041