[Telemedicine--ready for use in the cardiological field?]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2008 Oct;133(40):2039-44. doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1085618. Epub 2008 Sep 25.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The changes in the demographic structure, the increasing multi-morbidity in connection with a rise in the number of chronic illnesses and the absence of an effective coordination of the different levels of health care services with its discontinuous processes and redundancies will increase the economic burdens in the health care system. The latest developments and appropriate logistic premises nowadays offer a realistic basis for implementing telemonitoring as a central service and information tool as well as an instrument controlling the information- and data-flow between patient, hospital and medical practitioner.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy
  • Cardiology / methods*
  • Cardiology / trends*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnosis
  • Coronary Disease / therapy
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / standards
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / therapy
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory / methods
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory / standards
  • Pacemaker, Artificial / standards
  • Telemedicine* / standards
  • Telemedicine* / trends
  • Telemetry / methods
  • Telemetry / standards