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

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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)

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.

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  • Haridimos Kondylakis & Santiago Hors-Fraile & Lefteris Koumakis & Angelina Kouroubali & George Notas & Alejandro Rivero-Rodriguez & Prodromos Sidiropoulos & Panagiotis Simos & Dimitrios G. Katehakis, 2019. "An Innovative, Information and Communication Technology Supported Approach, Towards Effective Chronic Pain Management," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), IGI Global, vol. 8(1), pages 23-39, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:8:y:2019:i:1:p:23-39
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