A delegation of 10 students and alumni of Biomedical Civil Engineering attended the I Health Informatics Seminar, organized by the University of Valparaíso, on November 23rd and 24th. (http://www.sis2017.cl/).

Constanza Vázquez, Biomedical Civil Engineer of UdeC obtained the 1st place in the Paper Contest, with the paper “Mobile Application for Seniors on the Treatment of Arterial Hypertension”, which was developed in the context of the Project “Transmedial psychoeducational program to improve farmacological adherence of antihypertensive treatment in seniors: Pilot project”. (FONDEF ID16AM0007 http://www.afamudec.cl/).

The director of said project is Jacqueline Sepúlveda, from the Faculty of Biological Sciences, and in which Pamela Guevara, Director of Biomedical Engineering Udec, participates as researcher along with a multidisciplinary group, composed of both students and professor from different faculties.

 

                  Constanza Vásquez obtained the 1st place in the Paper Contest

 

Original article FI UdeC (spanish): http://www.ing.udec.cl/noticias/destacada-participacion-de-ing-biomedicos-en-seminario-de-informatica-en-salud/