Rome, April 15 (beraking latest news Salute) – “If a telemedicine system is not well designed and built it won’t work. It’s like having a Ferrari parked in a garage” This was stated by Francesco Gabbrielli, director of the National Center for telemedicine and new assistance technologies of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), who spoke at the event in streaming, organized by the Federation of Hemophilia Associations (Fedemo) at the Palazzo dell’Informazione beraking latest news of Rome, to celebrate the World Hemophilia Day, scheduled every year on April 17. A meeting in which there was much talk of the possibility of improving the care of haemophilia patients through telemedicine, in the pandemic and in the future in general.
“Telemedicine – added Gabbrielli – must be used well. And to use it well, it must be understood for what it is. It is medicine. It is an innovation in medicine that uses digital technologies. To do it well, it is necessary first of all to follow the clinic. and not the other way around. Second, in order to design and implement a good telemedicine service, it is necessary to start from a careful analysis of the needs of the professionals and patients to whom that service must be destined. And this – he explained – is not a question deontological and ethical, but for a technical question: if a telemedicine system is not designed and built in this way, with this philosophy, it simply does not work “.
Gabrielli then recalled that “the quality of a telemedicine service affects precisely the possibility and equity of access to treatment. So if telemedicine is not done well – he stressed – instead of being an advantage, it risks being a disadvantage especially for those who are in more difficulty. We, today, have a great opportunity in telemedicine that we must be able to seize “, he concluded.
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