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
fDate :
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2010.202