In January 2008, world’s largest clinical study on telemedicine was started within the "Partnership for the Heart" (PfH) project supported by the German federal ministry for economics and technology, BMWi.
Until 2010, this study tries to prove a health economical use of telemedicine next to its medical use. The Partnership for the Heart study is led by the Charite Berlin and aimed at the area of chronic cardiac insufficiency. Involved project partners are InterComponentWare, Bosch, Aipermon and T-Mobile. Aipermon provided telemonitoring devices at patient’s homes as well as substantial data transfer infrastructure for this project. At PfH, vita parameters like blood pressure , ECG or weight are recorded via networked sensors and transferred to the telemedical center of the Charité by Mobile Medical Assistant (a mobile communication device with special software).
People with cardiac insufficiency are able to live in their familiar surroundings with the new technology and, in certain limits, gain mobility and travel around. An increases quality of life and less need for hospitalization are the goals.
