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Table 1 Description of Actors and Roles in the Digital Health Framework

From: Biomedical research in a Digital Health Framework

Actors

Roles

Complexity

ICT support

patient

COPD-moderate

Self-management

PC

PHF-PDSS

patient

COPD-complex

Self-management

PC&Specialist

PHF-PDSS

patient

COPD-co-morb

Self-management

PC&Specialist

PHF-PDSS

Primary Care

Clinical

Primary Care

CDSS

Specialized Care

Clinical

Secondary Care

CDSS

Clinical Scientist

Research

Academic

DHF-research

Basic Scientist

Research

Academic

DHF-research

  1. COPD-moderate, patient with moderate functional impairment and low activity disease; COPD-complex, patient with moderate to severe functional impairment with active disease both at pulmonary and systemic levels (skeletal muscle dysfunction/wasting); COPD-co-morb, patient with moderate functional impairment, high activity disease and co-morbid conditions (metabolic syndrome and cardiac failure);PC, Primary Care professionals (doctor & nurse); Specialized Care, Specialized Care (doctor&nurse); Clinical Scientist, Translational research with clinical focus; Basic Scientist, Translational research with focus on basic sciences; PHF-PDSS, personal health folder including Patient Decision Support Systems; CDSS, Clinical Decision Support Systems; DHF-research, Digital Health Framework-Biomedical research platform.