Mobile World Congress 2015 Health & Wellness Track

1. Integrated care & wellbeing:
real implementation of innovative solutions combined to
bring a comprehensive service to populations
Natale Daniele Brunetti,Assistant Professor, MD, PhD, HD, FESC
University of Foggia
Barcelona, March 4 2015

2. Apulia: Italy
• 4 millions of inhabitants
• 450 km

3. Tele-cardiology service: how does it work

4. Telecardiology support for public EMS
>421 calls/day
1 every 3 minutes

5. EMS STEMI network registry
-
37%
-
49%
+
143%
+ 25%
+
140%

6. Other telecardiology services in Apulia
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2010:17:615–620
Int J Cardiol. 2011;149:130-3

7. Telemedicine for cost reduction

8. Conclusions
• telemedicine may facilitate the delivery of
high quality health care wherever and for
whoever is needed
• telemedicine may reduce health care costs