APHOPe: Automation of Pediatric Hemato-Oncological Protocols of the Hospital de Clínicas

This paper proposes a solution to the problem of automated management of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in children that are being treated at the Hospital de Clínicas (HC) which belongs to the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Asunción (FCM-UNA). For this purpose, we are proposing the design and implementation of a computer application called Pediatric Hemato-Oncological Protocols Automation (APHOPe), which facilitates obtaining information and managing the implementation of the procedure protocols and hematological and oncological treatment used in the Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Department (HOPe). APHOPe can provide statistical data and applied treatments so the effectiveness-efficiency relation of the global and particular protocols for each patient can be analyzed. In this context, APHOPe allows the generation of various Ad Hoc protocols depending on the treatment needs of the medical personnel. In this stage the system provides the 2008 Protocol LLA which is a variant of the Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster Protocol. The usability and acceptability tests indicate that the proposed system is an effective and flexible tool for the automated management of the hemato-oncological protocols.