Background Specialised disease management programmes for heart failure aim to improve
care, clinical outcomes and/or reduce healthcare utilisation. Since the last version of this …

Background: As Internet use grows, health interventions are increasingly being delivered
online. Pioneering researchers are using the networking potential of the Internet, and …

Medicine has been personal long before the concept of “personalized medicine” became
popular. Health professionals have always taken into consideration the individual …

In an ongoing effort of this Journal to develop and further the theories, models, and best
practices around eHealth research, this paper argues for the need for a “science of attrition” …

Background: Telemonitoring of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) is an emerging
concept to detect early warning signs of impending acute decompensation in order to …

Background: Chatbots could be a scalable solution that provides an interactive means of
engaging users in behavioral health interventions driven by artificial intelligence. Although …

Abstract Objective: Personal health records (PHRs) can increase patient access to health
care information. However, use of PHRs may be unequal by race/ethnicity. Design: The …

Background: The take-up of eHealth applications in general is still rather low and user
attrition is often high. Only limited information is available about the use of eHealth …

Background Home telehealth has the potential to benefit heart failure (HF) and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, however large-scale deployment is yet to …

Aims Heart failure (HF) results in characteristic signs and symptoms including oedema and
breathing difficulties. Heart failure is particularly suited to telemonitoring, because patients' …