Abstract
The continuous Introduction of new technologies requires appropriate research and Implementation of Innovative planning and management models, oriented towards activity and outcomes, such as clinical governance, that can Integrate management perspectives with practices and values coming directly from the clinical area.
Clinical governance Is a system through which GIST Units are accountable for continuously Improving the quality and safeguarding high standards of care.
High standards are achieved by the technological progress in the field of bloimaging. GIST Units take advantage of clinical e-health because bioimages are fundamental to the diagnosis of GIST and/or therapeutic purposes.
The main clinical applications of e-health are the transfer of medical Information via database, off-line or on-line sharing of a database’s clinical data to allow exchange of opinions, second medical opinions or test Interpretation to support or guide care for specific patients and their follow-up, the use of a database for research (clinical trials), for epldemiologlcal purposes, as well as editorial and continuous medical education activities.
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Torreggiani, A., Forte, S., Setola, S.V. (2011). GIST Unit Network. In: de Lutio di Castelguidone, E., Messina, A. (eds) GISTs — Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1869-3_11
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