Table 1.
Characteristics of the chronic heart failure projects in Flanders
Abbreviations: TM = Telemonitoring, CHF = Chronic Heart Failure, NIHDI = National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance.
Table 2.
Description of the seven telemonitoring projects on the basis of the dimensions of the Chronic Care Model.
*Studies already completed, **Study finds itself now in phase I, ***Study is not yet launched/started.
(1) resources and policies: +: Receiving funding (see Table 1) and sensitisation and information/−: No funding.
(2) self-management support: +: Telephone support and contact moments and questionnaires/−: only one or two of previous items are present.
(3) organisation of health care: +: Intention to move care from hospital to home/−: no home care present-patient is followed in the hospital.
(4) delivery system design: +: Standard procedures with project content and project process and training −: no procedures.
(5) decision support: +: Flow charts based on existing guidelines with transmural communication −: no transmural communication within the use of flow charts.
(6) clinical information system: +: Access of digital communication between boundaries −: access of digital communication only in own organisation.
