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eLabEL: technology-supported living labs in primary care.

Vermeulen, J., Huygens, M.W.J., Swinkels, I., Oude Nijeweme-d'Hollosy, W., Velsen, L. van, Jansen, Y., Witte, L.P. de. eLabEL: technology-supported living labs in primary care. In: The Seventh International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine: eTELEMED 2015. 22-27 februari 2015: Lisabon. p. 179-182.
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Telecare technologies and eHealth applications can support patients and care professionals. However, these technologies are currently not being implemented in primary care. The eLabEL project aims to contribute to a solution for this problem by establishing Living Labs in which patients, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs and researchers collaborate during the selection, integration, implementation and evaluation of such technologies in primary care. So far, seven primary care centers across the Netherlands have been included. Needs and requirements of healthcare professionals and patients regarding telecare technologies and eHealth applications were studied using semi-structured interviews and focus group interviews respectively. Healthcare professionals and patients were positive towards the use of technologies that can improve accessibility of care for the entire patient population and also expressed a need for technologies that can support self-management in patients with chronic conditions. Requirements voiced by care professionals were the need for clear organization of the user-interface, availability of workflow directives for eHealth usage, minimal steps to perform a task, and integration with their current information system. Patients indicated that care technology should be easy to use and easy to learn, should provide real-time feedback based on self-measured data, and should improve communication between patients and healthcare professionals. Entrepreneurs from the eLabEL consortium will integrate their eHealth and telecare services to meet the requirements of the end-users. The large scale implementation of these technologies will be monitored and the impact on experiences of patients, professionals and organization of care will be studied during a two-year follow-up study. Stakeholders of the eLabEL consortium will join forces to advance the large scale implementation of telecare technologies and eHealth applications in primary care.