La rete Cardnet in Lombardia

[Machine translation] The Cardnet network is a telematic connection implemented between six Lombard hospitals, which allows a teleconsultation between cardiologists, hemodynamists and heart surgeons: direct consultation between specialists allows savings in hospitalization costs. The Directorate-General for Health of the Lombardy Region has successfully implemented this initiative as part of the European research project SUN2. The article retraces the phases that led to this realization, the evaluations in progress and the possible evolutions of the project.