The requirements of the conceptual model

Up to now Telemedicine and in particular the mHealth has proceeded in the two separate directions of the veterinary and human mobile monitoring. Up to now, for example, there are several technological solutions of different medical complexities that allow human and animal monitoring separately. A new approach aimed at combining the two disciplines in a unitary approach is naturally complex due to the many parameters to be monitored and should tend to design systems that allow simultaneous monitoring of animal and human parameters for the resulting data-mining.

When focusing to the daily activity of the two actors (dog and human) dedicated systems should be designed allowing (I) the contemporary measurements of parameters during the dynamic activity and (II) the assessment of the co-presence in the area of living. These systems should allow the following features:

❖ A unique diary for the recording and storing of parameters related to daily, weekly, monthly sessions of walking activity; for the assessment of co-presence of the two actors in the area of living and for the uploading of other parameters from external periodic measurements, as for example blood parameters and pressure measurements, psychological tests, behavioral tests etc.

❖ A unique tool for analyzing and correlating activity (during interaction) of the two actors, providing diagrams, trends and motivational outputs, as for example for the fitness and wellness, information of co-presence with the possibility of the data uploading in the internet clouds.

❖ A unique source of medical knowledge useful for the both sectors of human and veterinary medicine.

❖ A tool to provide medical evidence.

The mHealth in order to achieve the objectives of the model shows several solutions from the wearable, portable and domotic technology.