TY - JOUR
T1 - Telemedicine for cardiovascular disease continuum
T2 - A position paper from the Italian society of cardiology working group on telecardiology and informatics
AU - Brunetti, Natale Daniele
AU - Scalvini, Simonetta
AU - Acquistapace, Flavio
AU - Parati, Gianfranco
AU - Volterrani, Maurizio
AU - Fedele, Francesco
AU - Molinari, Giuseppe
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Telemedicine is the provision of health care services, through the use of information and communication technology, in situationswhere the health care profeßional and the patient, or 2 health care profeßionals, are not in the same location. It involves the secure transmißion of medical data and information, through text, sound, images, or other forms needed for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of a patient. First data on implementation of telemedicine for the diagnosis and treatment of acutemyocardial infarction date from more than 10 years ago. Telemedicine has a potential broad application to the cardiovascular disease continuum and inmany branches of cardiology, at least including heart failure, ischemic heart disease and arrhythmias. Telemedicine might have an important role as part of a strategy for the delivery of effective health care for patients with cardiovascular disease. In this document the Working Group on Telecardiology and Informatics of the Italian Society of Cardiology intends to remark some key-points regarding potential benefit achievable with the implementation of telemedicine support in the continuum of cardiovascular disease.
AB - Telemedicine is the provision of health care services, through the use of information and communication technology, in situationswhere the health care profeßional and the patient, or 2 health care profeßionals, are not in the same location. It involves the secure transmißion of medical data and information, through text, sound, images, or other forms needed for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of a patient. First data on implementation of telemedicine for the diagnosis and treatment of acutemyocardial infarction date from more than 10 years ago. Telemedicine has a potential broad application to the cardiovascular disease continuum and inmany branches of cardiology, at least including heart failure, ischemic heart disease and arrhythmias. Telemedicine might have an important role as part of a strategy for the delivery of effective health care for patients with cardiovascular disease. In this document the Working Group on Telecardiology and Informatics of the Italian Society of Cardiology intends to remark some key-points regarding potential benefit achievable with the implementation of telemedicine support in the continuum of cardiovascular disease.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Position paper
KW - Telecardiology
KW - Telemedicine
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.023
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.023
M3 - Article
C2 - 25755064
AN - SCOPUS:84933515877
VL - 184
SP - 452
EP - 458
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0167-5273
IS - 1
ER -