The developed prototype used the SPP and a proprietary data
format. In future mHealth applications, a broad range of wireless
technologies such as NFC, classic Bluetooth, as well as the
upcoming Bluetooth LE version will be utilized. Since each of
those provides its own HDP, interoperability concepts will have
to be developed to allow for coexistence and interoperability
across of all them.
We are aware of the fact that the presented usability results
cover only basic aspects of the presented approach. Eventually,
the usability has to be assessed in the target group of patients
with heart disease of higher age and in the context of a telehealth
setting. For this, we have planned an appropriate clinical trial
together with a clinical partner and already got approval from
the ethics committee of the Medical University of Graz.