title: [Telemedicine].
abstract: Recent innovations in the area of telecommunications, computer science and technical scientific devices have contributed to the development of interesting future perspectives in the medical sector and in the sanitary structure organization. These innovations may contribute to the sensible reduction of costs in a struggling sanitary system. It may become possible to manage not only the patient from a distance but also the numerous medical, informational and statistical data freeing important medical and paramedical personnel resources from carrying out the most simple activities. The ability to monitor the main vital parameters of a multi-traumatised patient, or the ability to contact a specialist without the need to transfer the patient, would be some of the most simple benefits of the new medical area called telemedicine.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Departimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palazzini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Gioia
mesh_terms: D017216:Telemedicine