Produção Nacional
Development of a Telemedicine Model for Emerging Countries: a Case Study on Pediatric Oncology in Brazil
2006; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1109/iembs.2006.4398639
ISSN1557-170X
AutoresA. Y. Hira, André Nebel De Mello, Regis Rossi Alves Faria, V. Odone Filho, R. D. Lopes, M. K. Zuffo,
Tópico(s)Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
ResumoThis article discusses a telemedicine model for emerging countries, through the description of ONCONET, a telemedicine initiative applied to pediatric oncology in Brazil. The ONCONET core technology is a web-based system that offers health information and other services specialized in childhood cancer such as electronic medical records and cooperative protocols for complex treatments. All web-based services are supported by the use of high performance computing infrastructure based on clusters of commodity computers. The system was fully implemented on an open-source and free-software approach. Aspects of modeling, implementation and integration are covered. A model, both technologically and economically viable, was created through the research and development of inhouse solutions adapted to the emerging countries reality and with focus on scalability both in the total number of patients and in the national infrastructure.
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