Web-Based Specialist Support for Spinal Cord Injury Person’s Care : Lessons Learned
Joint Authors
Zampa, Agostino
Rosin, Claudio
Della Mea, Vincenzo
Marin, Dario
Source
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Persons with disability from spinal cord injury (SCI) are subject to high risk of pathological events and need a regular followup even after discharge from the rehabilitation hospital.
To help in followup, we developed a web portal for providing online specialist as well as GP support to SCI persons.
After a feasibility study with 13 subjects, the portal has been introduced in the regional healthcare network in order to make it compliant with current legal regulations on data protection, including smartcard authentication.
Although a number of training courses have been made to introduce SCI persons to portal use (up to 50 users), the number of accesses remained very low.
Reasons for that have been investigated by means of a questionnaire submitted to the initial feasibility study subjects and included the still easier use of telephone versus our web-based smartcard-authenticated portal, in particular, because online communications are still perceived as an unusual way of interacting with the doctor.
To summarize, the overall project has been appreciated by the users, but when it is time to ask for help to, the specialist, it is still much easier to make a phone call.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Della Mea, Vincenzo& Marin, Dario& Rosin, Claudio& Zampa, Agostino. 2012. Web-Based Specialist Support for Spinal Cord Injury Person’s Care : Lessons Learned. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Della Mea, Vincenzo…[et al.]. Web-Based Specialist Support for Spinal Cord Injury Person’s Care : Lessons Learned. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Della Mea, Vincenzo& Marin, Dario& Rosin, Claudio& Zampa, Agostino. Web-Based Specialist Support for Spinal Cord Injury Person’s Care : Lessons Learned. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-504225