title: Development of a telemedicine model for emerging countries: a case study on pediatric oncology in Brazil.
abstract: This article discusses a telemedicine model for emerging countries, through the description of ONCONET, a telemedicine initiative applied to pediatric oncology in Brazil. The ONCONET core technology is a Web-based system that offers health information and other services specialized in childhood cancer such as electronic medical records and cooperative protocols for complex treatments. All Web-based services are supported by the use of high performance computing infrastructure based on clusters of commodity computers. The system was fully implemented on an open-source and free-software approach. Aspects of modeling, implementation and integration are covered. A model, both technologically and economically viable, was created through the research and development of in-house solutions adapted to the emerging countries reality and with focus on scalability both in the total number of patients and in the national infrastructure.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Sistemas Integráveis of Escola Politécnica at University of São Paulo, Brazil. ayhira@lsi.usp.br
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Hira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nebel de Mello
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Odone Filho
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Zuffo
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D003201:Computers; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface