Generalized nets in medicine: An example of telemedicine for people with diabetes

Abstract

In the present paper, an overview of the Generalized Nets (GNs) models in medicine and telecare/telehealth is given. The apparatus of GNs has been used in the modelling of physiological processes, diagnostics of diseases, organisational and administrative processes in hospitals. Recently, in a series of papers, GNs have been used to model telecare/telehealth services. On the basis of these models, a GN model of telemedicine for patients with diabetes is proposed. The sensors included in the model are blood pressure monitor, weight scale, pulse oximeter and blood glucose monitor. Smart filtering of false positive alarm messages is included which reduces the number of events for which the health care person has to take a decision. The GN model can be used to develop a decision support tool for telemedicine for people with diabetes.