OnkoNetwork Drastically Reduces Pre-Treatment Waiting Time For Oncology Patients

Since the introduction of a special software and optimization of patient management practices in November 2015, in the Hungarian county of Kaposvár the average time from the discovery of a cancerous disease until the actual medical consultation about the treatment plan has been reduced drastically from 54 to 21 days. Those 33 days could mean the difference between life and death. Sometimes you do not need pricey or hyper-high-tech solutions for making a difference in healthcare. Sometimes it is enough if you respond to patients’ needs by optimizing processes. Let’s see how OnkoNetwork, the first Hungarian patient management network did.
The golden rule in oncology: the sooner the diagnosis, the higher chance for survival
According to statistics, every year more than the quarter of all deaths in Hungary is caused by cancer. It means 30-33 thousand people, thus the population of a small town in the Central European country. Every year there are more than 50 thousand new cancer patients – more than 130 every day!
Although there were some promising investments in new equipment and the development of new healthcare methods mean the rise of the survival chances for cancer patients also in Hungary, the healthcare system is on the brink of falling entirely apart. There are huge problems in the overall patient management system (not to speak about the acute shortage of medical professionals in the country or the generally catastrophic state of affairs), which make the prospects...

Source: The Medical Futurist - March 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design gc4 Source Type: blogs