Telematic evolution of day-hospital in oncology

• Published in: Studies in health technology and informatics Vol. 52 Pt 1; p. 302
• Main Authors: Maceratini, R, Ricci, F L, Rafanelli, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 1998
• Subjects: Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - surgery; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - therapy; Home Care Services, Hospital-Based; Home Nursing; Hospital Information Systems; Hospitalization; Humans; Liver Neoplasms - surgery; Liver Neoplasms - therapy; Medical Oncology; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Models, Organizational; Preoperative Care - methods; Telemedicine - instrumentation; User-Computer Interface
• ISSN: 0926-9630
• DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-896-0-302

The telematic evolution of the Day-Hospital can be considered as the virtual hospitalization, implementing the integration between hospital care and home care and predefining an hospital system which "goes to the patient home". In this paper the authors describe tools, characteristics, and advantages of this proposal, as well as the interaction model. Then the medical problem is illustrated: the first model implemented in oncology involves the liver tumors, which are the more frequent malignant neoplasms, and, in particular, the hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC),. The Organization Model, the Information System, the Tools and the Modalities of Telemonitoring for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in telematic day-hospital are still illustrated and a brief conclusion is given.