An eHealth Approach to Reporting Allergic Reactions to Food and Closing the Knowledge Gap

  • Christopher Munro
  • , Aida Semic-Jusufagic
  • , Katarzyna Pyrz
  • , Philip Couch
  • , Audrey Dunn-Galvin
  • , Niels Peek
  • , Marina Themis
  • , Clare Mills
  • , Iain Buchan
  • , Jonathan Hourihane
  • , Angela Simpson

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Abstract

There is an important knowledge gap in food allergy management in understanding the factors that determine allergic reactions to food, in gathering objective reports of reactions in real time, and in accessing patients' reaction-histories during consultations. We investigate how eHealth methods can close this knowledge gap. We report experiences with an online tool for reporting allergic reactions that we have developed as a web application. This application has been successfully validated by participants from Ireland and the UK, and is currently being used in a pilot where participants report allergic reactions in near-real time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMEDINFO 2015
Subtitle of host publicationeHealth-Enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics
EditorsAndrew Georgiou, Indra Neil Sarkar, Paulo Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques
PublisherIOS Press
Pages320-324
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781614995630
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, MEDINFO 2015 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Duration: 19 Aug 201523 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume216
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

Conference15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, MEDINFO 2015
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CitySao Paulo
Period19/08/1523/08/15

Keywords

  • Allergic Reaction
  • E-Epidemiology
  • Food Allergy
  • Personal Health Record
  • Recall Bias
  • Self-care
  • Web-based Reporting

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