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Title

 

 

 

 

Alzheimer’s disease care and management: Role of information technology

 

 

Authors

Hanuman Thota1, Allam Appa Rao2, Kiran kumar Reddi1, Sivaprasad Akula1, Suresh Babu Changalasetty1, Gedela Srinubabu2*

 

Affiliation

1Department of Computer sciences and Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur-522510, India; 2International Center for Bioinformatics and Center for Biotechnology,  Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam-530003, India

 

Email

srinubabuau6@gmail.com; * Corresponding author

Article Type

Views & Challenges

Date

received July 31, 2007; revised September 28, 2007; accepted October 19, 2007; published online November 03, 2007

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) an ailment that is supposed to affect people in old age. There are evidences that it might affect others also. The number of elders is increasing as the average life expectancy is increasing. AD afflicts its patients with the dementia and AD might increase in malignance over time. People with cognitive disabilities can be overwhelmed through cognitive prosthetics. With the help of information technology   we can enhance the quality of life. Significant achievements are possible with an interdisciplinary approach that includes genomic, genetic, technological and therapeutic measures. The combination and coordination of Bioinformatics facilitates generation of various diagnostic tools for the people who are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. These tools help the care providers also. In this article, we emphasize the literature regarding the use of technology and its methodologies to improve the quality of care for the people with Alzheimer’s disease.

 

Keywords

 

information technology; bioinformatics; alzheimer’s disease; electronic medical records 

Citation

Thota et al., Bioinformation 2(3): 91-95 (2007)

 

Edited by

K. Gunasekaran

ISSN

0973-2063

 

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

 

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.