18 dicembre 2020
On the podium is Puglia in the area of digital health care. The Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza IRCCS Foundation wins the award sponsored by the SIN (Italian Society of Neurology) for testing an agile digital platform developed in collaboration with Openwork
New milestone for Puglia in the most advanced digital technologies in healthcare. The eHealth Platform project, won ex aequo the first prize worth €40,000, at the 5th edition of the "Digital Innovation Award in Multiple Sclerosis," sponsored by Merck, a leading scientific and technological company, and sponsored by the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN).
The eHealth Platform project, proposed by Dr. Maurizio Angelo Leone, director of the Neurology OU of the "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" IRCCS Foundation in San Giovanni Rotondo, was born from the need of clinicians to constantly monitor and provide telehealth to some young multiple sclerosis patients followed from their homes.
The platform, created by a network of Apulian companies coordinated by Openwork, was awarded based on its ability to "facilitate adaptation and living with the disease of Multiple Sclerosis through Digital Technology," as well as its applicability in clinical practice and the possibility of being implemented nationwide.
eHealth Platform makes it possible to model a diagnostic therapeutic care plan (PDTA) in digital format and customized to the health conditions of the patient taken care of by the healthcare facility. At the heart of the system's technological architecture is Jamio openwork, the cloud and "zero-code" BPM platform built by Apulian IT company Openwork, which can manage and monitor the progress of the PDTA, integrate telehealth features through the use of various multi-parameter devices and a fitbit for sleep quality with which patients are equipped in order to check the therapeutic adherence of patients with chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
"Thepatient is often forced to reschedule his or her life because of the clinical variability and unpredictability of the disease course. Helping people with multiple sclerosis manage their activities becomes, therefore, of paramount importance. Technology in this plays a key role in often becoming a basic support in improving the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis and also of their caregivers," commented Prof. Gioacchino Tedeschi, president of the Italian Society of Neurology and chairman of the award committee.
"We are really very pleased with the quality of the projects that participated in this fifth edition of the Digital Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Award," said Andrea Paolillo, Medical Affairs Director of Merck in Italy. Our wish is that the selected proposals can be quickly developed and made available to people with MS, so that they can have a positive impact on their lives as soon as possible."
