title: Hepatocellular carcinoma: the virtual hospitalization in day-hospital.
abstract: The virtual hospitalization can be considered as the telematic evolution of the Day-Hospital, implementing the integration between hospital care and home care and predefining an hospital system which "goes to the patient home". In this paper the authors describe characteristics, motivations and advantages of this proposal, as well as the interaction model. Then the medical problem is illustrated: the liver tumors, which are the more frequent malignant neoplasms, and, in particular, the hepatocellular carcinomas, which represent about the 50% of these tumors. The Organization Model, the Information System and the Modalities of Telemonitoring for Hepatocellular Carcinoma are still illustrated and a brief conclusion is given.
authors.affiliation: Centro Interdipart. di Ricerca per L'Analisi dei Modelli e dell'Informazione nei Sistemi Biomedici, Univ. La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maceratini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rafanelli
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Ricci
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000628:therapy*; D003363:Cost Control; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012384:Rome; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013686:Telemetry