An Innovative, Information and Communication Technology Supported Approach, Towards Effective Chronic Pain Management

Haridimos Kondylakis, Santiago Hors-Fraile, Lefteris Koumakis, Angelina Kouroubali, George Notas, Alejandro Rivero-Rodriguez, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis Simos and Dimitrios G. Katehakis
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Haridimos Kondylakis: Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
Santiago Hors-Fraile: Salumedia Tecnologías, Sevilla, Spain
Lefteris Koumakis: Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
Angelina Kouroubali: Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
George Notas: University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Alejandro Rivero-Rodriguez: Salumedia Tecnologías, Sevilla, Spain
Prodromos Sidiropoulos: University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Panagiotis Simos: University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Dimitrios G. Katehakis: Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece

International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), 2019, vol. 8, issue 1, 23-39

Abstract: Chronic pain is one of the most common health problems affecting daily activity, employment, relationships and emotional functioning. Unfortunately, the lack of specialized health care personnel, and the high heterogeneity in terms of clinical manifestation and treatment results contribute in failure to manage efficiently and effectively pain. Information and communication technology (ICT) can be a valuable tool, enabling patients and healthcare professional empowerment and better self-management of pain. To this direction, this article reports on the design of a novel technical infrastructure to support effectively and efficiently chronic pain management, based on an Intelligent Personal Health Record platform on top of already available ICT tools. The designed platform targets, among others, at improving the knowledge on the patient data, effectiveness and adherence to treatment and providing effective communication channels between patients and healthcare professionals.

Date: 2019
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