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Telemedicine Scenario for Elderly People with Comorbidity Díaz Boladeras, Marta Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Organització d'Empreses Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la salut Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació Telemedicine Medical telematics Telecommunication in medicine Comorbidity Telemedicina Telemàtica mèdica Persones grans Progressive population aging is associated with negative social and economic impacts mainly due to its associated comorbidity rather than to aging per se. In this regard, information and communication technology resources may provide useful tools to assist the population with comorbidities through the use of telemedicine systems. However, despite their potential, such systems have not yet been effectively implemented due to a number of different reasons: absence of a clear business plan, poor acknowledgement of their clinical usefulness, and ethical and legal issues, among others. An analysis of current scenario from the point of view of the different actors (patients, health care providers, and health care systems) aimed at identifying the needs to be covered by telemedicine systems that could contribute to overcoming such problems. The present chapter is intended to offer such an analysis Postprint (author’s final draft) 2015-06-01 Part of book or chapter of book Diaz, M. Telemedicine Scenario for Elderly People with Comorbidity. A: "Ambient Assisted Living". CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2015, p. 293-325. 978-1-4398-6984-0 https://hdl.handle.net/2117/28393 eng http://www.crcnetbase.com/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ Open Access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain 33 p. application/pdf CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group