Greece’s health ministry is planning a digital program related to cancer management, ANA reports.
The creation of an “integrated digital care system for oncological hematological patients” is currently being prepared, the secretary-general of the health ministry, Ioannis Kotsiopoulos, said in an interview with the Athens Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on the occasion of World Cancer Day on February 4.
He added that in the framework of the “Home Care” Programme, actions are getting underway that focus on using technology to provide treatment at home, including cancer patients.
The goal, according to Kotsiopoulos, is to reduce the patients’ suffering, both physical and mental, relieving them from having to go to hospital and providing treatment, with absolute safety, in their familiar home environment whenever possible.
“Utilising the potential of technology, we hope to substantially upgrade the care of cancer patients, creating a digital network of services that will support the work of physicians of all specialties and will guide the patient in all phases of the disease,” Kotsiopoulos stated to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
The Integrated Oncology Patient Care System is one of five digital health programs funded by the European Recovery Fund. The total value of the program is 37.2 million euros.
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