Keeping track: doctor monitors your heart at home

Hareld Kemps. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke On January 8, professor and cardiologist Hareld Kemps will hold his oration within the Department of Industrial Design. To improve supervision of patients with chronic heart failure, Hareld Kemps, a cardiologist specializing in sports, took inspiration from the professional soccer players and cyclists that come see him. He worked on the implementation of a special heart watch, allowing him to home-monitor his patients. This doesn't only create a wealth of medical data, but also better insight into personal lifestyle. On Thursday, February 8, the development of this new care pathway will be the focus of the TU/e symposium Healthy Heart @ Home , which will be followed by the inauguration of the new Professor of Remote Patient Management in Chronic Cardiac Care at the Department of Industrial Design. A person over eighty with chronic heart failure and a young soccer player.