How can using an iPad and an app assist in heart failure self-care and therefore wellbeing?

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How can using an iPad and an app assist in heart failure self-care and therefore wellbeing?

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This paper describes the development and trialling of Fluid Watchers Pacific Rim: an iPad application designed to provide monitoring and self-care for Indigenous Australians with heart failure. The project is based on evidence that IT-supported education can be successful in decreasing re-hospitalisation and improving self-management skills. This project is the first demonstration that an iPad application can be developed to provide health care support for Indigenous Australian patients.In th...

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06 Dec, 2017

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Bronwyn Fredericks / R Clark / J Atherton / J Howie-Esquivel / K Dracup / J Wu / N Buitendyk

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https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/How_can_using_an_iPad_and_an_app_assist_in_...

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Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander / Indigenous / Heart Failure / Self-care / Fluid Watchers / Pacific Rim / Australia / New Zealand / Fluid Watchers Pacific Rim / Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

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