%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).

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