The patient has left the building – what next? The success of a web-based patient follow up system
Adriaan AckersADV Market Research, Netherlands
Antoine Driessen and Wim Jan van BovenCardio-Thoracal Surgery Group, St Antonius Hospital, Netherlands
INTRODUCTION
The Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Group (CTC) at the Nieuwegein-based St Antonius Hospital is highly renowned for its innovation and expertise in the field of pulmonary and cardiac surgery. As one of the leading cardiac centers in Europe from the 1950s on, it has a nation-wide referral pattern of cardiac, pulmonary and thoracic-vascular pathologies. The center is continuously adopting new operations...