ASISTASTM telematic assistance for chronic asthma.

The paper presents a system developed for the assistance of diagnosis and treatment of chronic asthma. The system, named ASISTASTM, is a result of an interdisciplinary cooperation and is designed for the physician non specialist in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. The ASISTASTM system offers assistance for the medical act in finding, diagnosing, establishing the therapeutic conduct, tracking over a period of time and hospitalizing the asthma patient ans aims to construct a better patient-medical service provider relationship by use of smart cards for patient's identification and usage of the facilites offered by the Internet.