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This chapter presents a description of a system which, by means of informatics, is aimed at improving the quality of the follow-up of cardiac transplant patients of the Lyon Cardiological Hospital.
Two databases have been set up: one, in the hospital, concerns the computerization of the medical file of cardiac transplant out-patients; the other, physically distinct from the first, is managed by an independent videotex server center. In this way, it is accessible from any minitel, which almost all physicians have and can be found in one out of four homes. This approach allows a ‘bicephal’ follow-up, i.e. close collaboration between the Lyon medical team and attending physicians who are geographically close to their patients, thereby ensuring greater patient comfort.
Developments in progress concern the creation of aid tools for decision making so as to better apprehend the content of medical files, the aim being to obtain a personalized follow-up that should help improve the overall efficacy of the system.
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Doublet, P., Rubel, P., Dureau, G., Vuillard, P. (1991). A database for the follow-up of heart transplant patients. In: Meester, G.T., Pinciroli, F. (eds) Databases for Cardiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 115. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3720-1_12
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