title: Homecare service perspective in Tuscany: vision and new user centred services.
abstract: "With medical knowledge expanding every day, no physician can keep up without help. By using high-tech medical communication, high-performance computers, high resolution video, and fibre-optic information "superhighways," we have been able to put the entire world of medical science at the fingertips of even the most isolated rural family doctor." [1] This quote by a former Surgeon General encapsulates the promise and potential for healthcare technology. Service organization and stakeholders' commitment are the real crucial issues for actual e-Health services deployment. In such a contest Homecare services start playing such a role of services integration and new care models development.
authors.affiliation: MEDEA--Medical Engineering and Applications, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paggetti
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tamburini
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*