Development of a telemedicine model for emerging countries: a case study on pediatric oncology in Brazil.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
This 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 in-house solutions adapted to the emerging countries reality and with focus on scalability both in the total number of patients and in the national infrastructure.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Hira, AY; Nebel de Mello, A; Faria, RA; Odone Filho, V; Lopes, RD; Zuffo, MK
Published Date
- 2006
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 2006 /
Start / End Page
- 5252 - 5256
PubMed ID
- 17947134
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1557-170X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259380
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States