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Nove tehnoloÅ”ke moguÄnosti u dijagnosticiranju profesionalne azbestoze
The paper considers the possibilities of applying telemedicine, a relatively new branch combining medicine and telecommunications, in diagnosing occupational asbestosis. Nowadays, telemedicine has been extensively used in an ever-increasing number of areas such as dermatology, oncology, radiology, surgery, cardiology, and psychiatry. The paper gives an example of possible applications in Croatia. Telemedicine is expected to significantly reduce absenteeism and travel expenses incurred by various laboratory tests. Furthermore, the diagnostic procedure would be considerably quicker, thereby improving the overall health condition of the population living in the immediate vicinity of asbestos factories. Our research has been conducted in the southern Croatian town of PloÄe with an asbestos plant, but possible application refers to all major hospitals, rural areas, and the islands.U Älanku se govori o moguÄnostima primjene telemedicine, kao relativno nove grane medicine i telekomunikacija u dijagnostici profesionalne azbestoze. Danas se u svijetu telemedicina rabi u sve viÅ”e podruÄja, kao Å”to su: dermatologija, onkologija, radiologija, kirurgija, kardiologija, psihijatrija, a ovo je samo primjer moguÄnosti za razvoj tog podruÄja u naÅ”oj državi. OÄekuje se da bi primjenom telemedicine bili smanjeni izgubljeni radni sati, smanjeni putni troÅ”kovi potrebni za razne nalaze, ubrzan postupak dijagnosticiranja, Å”to bi dovelo do poboljÅ”anja zdravstvenih prilika u populaciji u blizini tvornice s azbestom. U Älanku je uzet primjer grada PloÄa, ali se moguÄe primjene odnose na sva mjesta udaljena od veÄih bolniÄkih centara, ruralna podruÄja i otoke
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