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Dr
Lefteris G. Gortzis Medical Physics Dep, School of
Medicine,
University of Patras, Greece
University of Patras, Greece, Research about Telemedicine and Medical
Informatics
Research Unit
The primary aims of Telemedicine Unit are to stimulate basic research in the areas of Computer Supported Collaborative Medicine, Telemedicine, Biomechanics and Biomedical engineering. Research covered includes the collaborative clinical services, clinical data management, homecare services computer assisted surgery, surgical simulation.
We put the focus on the importance of integrating the medical disciplines of clinical knowledge with computer and web technologies such we believe that this integration will have a major impact on health care in the future.
The explosion of clinical knowledge and skills, together with the growing need to use distributed limited resources more efficiently, has posed a considerable challenge to our research team, trying to produce substantial changes within clinical practice.
Combining the strengths of individual specialists into teams has been one key response to these challenges, facilitating the achievement of goals that may be beyond the range of a single on-duty physician.
It is generally assumed that health care teams which function in a collaborative manner deliver health care more efficiently and effectively.
Recent clinical practice should based on collaboration, in which physicians with different areas of knowledge and skill work together to perform tasks and carry out activities necessary for achieving a shared goal.
The real-time collaborative planning and activity which involve interactions between regional team members support the management of the complexity of clinical practice effectively.
Last modified: 2006/04/05