This program arises from the end-results oriented healthcare model of Quironsalud, and it comes to incorporate the international innovation initiatives already implemented with the aim of giving voice to patients to co-create the medical assistant process through new technologies such as patient portal accessed through...

Wearable technologies are transforming research in traditional paradigms of software and knowledge engineering. Among them, expert systems have the opportunity to deal with knowledge bases dynamically varying according to real-time data collected by position sensors, movement sensors, etc. However, it is necessary to design and...

The widespread dissemination of smart mobile devices offers promising perspectives for a variety of healthcare data collection scenarios. Usually, the implementation of mobile healthcare applications for collecting patient data is cumbersome and time-consuming due to scenario-specific requirements as well as continuous adaptations to already existing...

There is a growing interest in leveraging the prevalence of mobile technology to improve health by delivering momentary, contextualized interventions to individuals' smartphones. A just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) adjusts to an individual's changing state and/or context to provide the right treatment, at the right time,...

The regular use of activity trackers and biosignal sensors from non-professional users is constantly increasing, while for patients with chronic diseases has already become part of their daily routine for a continuous assessment of their health condition. However, the integration of such devices into larger...

Background:A growing number of web-based and mobile health (mHealth) technologies have been developed to support type 2 diabetes self-management. Little is known about individuals’ experiences with these technologies and how they support self-management. Appropriate tools are needed to understand how web-based and mHealth interventions may...

Worldwide, there is an unprecedented and ongoing expansion of both the proportion of older adults in society and innovations in digital technology. This rapidly increasing number of older adults is placing unprecedented demands on health care systems, warranting the development of new solutions. Although advancements...

Objective: A mixed methods study was conducted to understand clinicians’ perspectives on PGHD (Patient-generated health data) and current mental health apps. This approach uses information gathered from semistructured interviews, workflow analysis, and user-written mental health app reviews to answer the following research questions: (1) What...

Implementing consumer oriented digital health products and services at scale is challenging and a range of barriers to reaching and recruiting users to these types of solutions can be encountered. This paper describes the experience of implementers with the rollout of the Delivering Assisted Living...