Through computer patients are visited by your doctor, either by videoconference or by e-mail
A pioneering telemedicine program in the world that has implemented the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona allows 200 HIV-infected patients avoid travel papers to the hospital that required them to control their disease. Through a computer, web camera and an Internet connection, patients are visited by your doctor, either by videoconference or by e-mail to address questions if sporadic. Vitual assistance includes psychological and social monitoring of the patient, and medication management. If they wish, can receive the drugs by mail.
The program, called VIHrtual Hospital, created in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Madrid, has been implemented in the Clinic of Barcelona after a pilot test with 83 patients during two years (between 2006 and 2007) show that virtual assistance for people infected with HIV, all asymptomatic and lead normal lives is safe from the standpoint of clinical and technical as well as provide significant advantages for the hospital and patients. "For health professionals, the virtual hospital is an optimization of time and space spent on consultation, as each one of them reduced from 20 to 10 minutes, so you can make twice as visitors. And the patient allows to halve the time spent in the hospital desplazamentos, "says Agata León, Service of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The patient only has to move the hospital three to four times a year for blood collection, and may consult with the medical test results electronically. Overall, the virtual tour has demonstrated "an effective and inclusive in the doctor-patient relationship," he adds.
Dr. Leon explained that the increase in HIV patients who are considered chronically ill is a major investment of resources to hospitals. Telemedicine is a good tool to meet this challenge and also allows deshospitalizar to these patients, as demanded by Ropi patients, medical professionals and NGOs. The Barcelona Clinic to 4,000 people with HIV.
Source: www.elpais.com
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