Pilot project in Tyrol

For which patients telemedicine is a blessing

Young patients find it particularly easy to accept telemedicine.(Bild: MUI/D. Bullock)

Telemedicine will accompany patients in many areas in the future. What can it do? A Tyrolean pilot project for children with cancer shows the benefits for patients and relatives, but also for hospitals with staff shortages. Pediatric oncology is not the only field of application. 

Children develop cancer much less frequently than adults. And yet they do. Every year, 75 new cases from the catchment area of North Tyrol, South Tyrol and Vorarlberg are registered at the Children's Oncology Department of Innsbruck University Hospital - a world-leading center. The chances of recovery for children are very good in most cases, but treatment sometimes takes years.