DocumentCode
1536846
Title
Leveraging Pervasive Technologies to Improve Collection of Prostate Cancer Outcome Data
Author
Palta, Jatinder R. ; Frouhar, Vincent A. ; Zlotecki, Robert A.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Volume
43
Issue
7
fYear
2010
fDate
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
35
Lastpage
42
Abstract
Cancer-care costs are increasing despite the expansion of disease management and prevention programs. While tremendous scientific progress has led to new tools for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, evidence is less complete on the comparative effectiveness of these interventions in actual community practice.
Keywords
cancer; medical computing; patient care; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; ubiquitous computing; cancer care; disease diagnosis; disease management programs; disease prevention programs; disease treatment; pervasive technologies; prostate cancer; Costs; Diseases; Prostate cancer; Atlas Project; Information technology; Pervasive technologies; Prostate cancer data collection; eHealth;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2010.202
Filename
5510877
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