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Blood is a scarce resource critical to the management of a variety of life-threatening medical conditions. It can also be a medium for the transmission of infections, including HIV. Monitoring the quality and quantity of available blood, essential to utilizing it as effectively as possible, has been a challenge in many developing countries. This paper describes the design and implementation of a Web-based...
In the UK, a dasiacarerpsila is someone who, unpaid, looks after a family member, friend or partner who could not manage without them because of frailness, illness or disability. In this paper, we present research on the role of the carer, and describe why it is important to consider carers in the design of new healthcare technology to support people to self care. By self care, we mean supporting...
The availability of mobile healthcare systems is increasing in demand. The world's population today is faced with many health challenges all of which require the patient to be more empowered and monitor his own health. This research focuses on some of the mobile healthcare systems available for the monitoring of two chronic non-communicable diseases: diabetes and hypertension. The study investigates...
In this paper we present an improvement project conducted at a unit responsible for blood thinning treatment at Lidkoping hospital in Sweden. The unit coordinates and monitors the treatment of 1200 patients and consists of a heart specialist and five specially trained nurses. Warfarin is an oral anticoagulant (blood thinning) treatment effective for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events...
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