Healthcare is an important aspect of ambient life. As the life expectation increases and thus diseases statistically become more frequent, the high-quality and cost-effective management of such diseases becomes a societal task. In the paper we examine issues and requirements stemming from the implementation of disease management systems. Such systems critically depend on acceptance, cost efficiency and other criteria that – through those requirements – are addressed by the Hydra multi-domain middleware.

Hydra aims at the seamless integration of embedded systems such as bio-medical sensors and other domain-specific and generic equipment. We motivate and demonstrate the use of the middleware in the healthcare sector by means of a disease management system relying on the easy integration and proper configurability of applications running on the included measuring and controlling devices.

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