Affiliations: Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK. E-mail: {ozgur.kafali,ulrich.schaechtle,kostas.stathis}@cs.rhul.ac.uk | Department of Business Information Systems, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, 3 Technopole, 3960, Sierre, Switzerland. E-mail: {stefano.bromuri,bruno.alves,damien.zufferey,michael.schumacher}@hevs.ch | Portavita B.V., Oostenburgervoorstraat 100, PO Box 1287, 1000 BG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: {m.sindlar,t.van.der.weide}@portavita.eu | Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2BT, UK. E-mail: {eduardo.aguilar-pelaez02,e.rodriguez}@imperial.ac.uk
Abstract: We present the development of COMMODITY12, a Personal Health System (PHS) to assist in the provision of continuous and personalised health services to diabetic patients, thus empowering their lifestyle regardless of their location. COMMODITY12 consists of ambient, wearable and portable devices, which acquire, monitor and communicate physiological parameters and other health-related context of an individual, such as physical activity and vital body signals. This data is interpreted by intelligent agents that use expert biomedical knowledge to derive important insights about the individual's health status, which are then presented in the form of active feedback to the patient directly from the device, or via health professionals who assist in diagnosis, treatment and life management. The emphasis of the work is on the design of the PHS in terms of its main components, their integration and deployment to address major problems of interest to both diabetic patients and doctors that treat diabetes.
Keywords: Personal health systems, agent technology, diabetes management, interoperability
