title: Improving the management of chronic diseases using web-based technologies: an application in hemophilia care.
abstract: Modern methods of information and communication that use web technologies provide an opportunity to facilitate closer communication between patients and healthcare providers, allowing a joint management of chronic diseases. This paper describes a web-based technological solution to support the management of inherited bleeding disorders integrating, diffusing and archiving large sets of data relating to the clinical practice of hemophilia care, more specifically the clinical practice at the Hematology Service of Coimbra Hospital Center (a Hemophilia Treatment Center located in Portugal).
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, Aveiro University, Portugal. lteixeira@ua.pt
authors.forename: Leonor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Vasco
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saavedra
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sousa Santos
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003201:Computers; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface