• 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