TY - JOUR
T1 - Web-based data and knowledge sharing between stroke units and general practitioners.
AU - Quaglini, Silvana
AU - Caffi, Ezio
AU - Boiocchi, Lorenzo
AU - Panzarasa, Silvia
AU - Cavallini, Anna
AU - Micieli, Giuseppe
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We describe a telemedicine application for emergency management in Stroke Units, where prompt decisions must be taken, often knowing neither the clinical history nor the stroke symptoms onset modality. We have designed and implemented an Information and Communication Technology architecture for the situation in which a general practitioner is called for a suspected stroke and provides for the admission to a Stroke Unit. By means of a palmtop and a wireless Internet connection, he can send to the Stroke Unit the demographic data, the list of the patient's problems, current and/or recent therapies, and a guideline-based stroke-specific form with the objective examination results. In this way, the Stroke Unit team is alerted and informed before the patient arrival, and can manage the urgency at the best. The proposal involved 20 general practitioners and one Stroke Unit in the Lombardia Region, Italy.
AB - We describe a telemedicine application for emergency management in Stroke Units, where prompt decisions must be taken, often knowing neither the clinical history nor the stroke symptoms onset modality. We have designed and implemented an Information and Communication Technology architecture for the situation in which a general practitioner is called for a suspected stroke and provides for the admission to a Stroke Unit. By means of a palmtop and a wireless Internet connection, he can send to the Stroke Unit the demographic data, the list of the patient's problems, current and/or recent therapies, and a guideline-based stroke-specific form with the objective examination results. In this way, the Stroke Unit team is alerted and informed before the patient arrival, and can manage the urgency at the best. The proposal involved 20 general practitioners and one Stroke Unit in the Lombardia Region, Italy.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 14728230
AN - SCOPUS:3042747658
SP - 534
EP - 538
JO - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
JF - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
SN - 1559-4076
ER -