Scientific research, telemedicine and health services: The "Burlo Garofolo" hospital web portal

Abstract

The web portal designed at the "Burlo Garofolo", the maternal-children hospital in Trieste (Italy), provides services to the users, the medical doctors involved in telemedicine and the researchers (medical doctors, biologists, psychologists, epidemiologists) both from university and hospital units. The platform has been completely developed and managed by an internal team of professionals and is housed in a dedicated hospital-based server. It is realized using the LAMP open-source technology, programming the CMS and the interface between forms and database using the php language. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.