Clinical ICT systems: augmenting case management.
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2002-09-04
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In order to improve the diagnosis and subsequent care given to patients health care workers involved in the management of their care as well as the treatment itself are increasingly looking at the role that information and communication technologies ICTs can play in supporting the complex interactions between patient doctor or nurse consultant and medical equipment Effective communication both amongst health care workers and between health care workers and their patients in both primary and secondary care is vital ICTs can play an important role in this In this paper possible interpretations given to the term telemedicine are discussed and then attention is turned to the challenges involved in human interaction and the role of ICTs An example of a clinical ICT system AIDMAN is used to illustrate how face to face interaction has usefully been supported by way of a virtual consultation which facilitates remote medical diagnosis and can provide improved case management