Concept of knowledge-based self-management pathways for the empowerment of diabetes patients

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes requires a high level of disease management to be executed by the patient himself in order to succeed in treatment and for improving or at least preserving his health status. Aim: The main objective of the presented project is to design and implement a web technology based application framework. It shall provide sufficient means for self- management and enable patient empowerment within the treatment process. Its underlying concept will be outlined in this work. Methods: Common techniques on requirements’ engi- neering have been applied to derive an initial concept. It is based on a comprehensive state of the art analysis drawn from literature and web search. Results: A service-oriented architecture could be drafted that enables interoperability with existing eHealth systems on a technical and semantic level. Pilots will be deployed in Germany and Turkey. Pilot specific requirements can be address as well due to its modular architecture. Conclusion: The given concept gives a high level descrip- tion of the envisaged approach. An initial prototype has been implemented. A second prototype is well on the way offering all major functionality and will be deployed within the pilot regions.