Homecare service perspective in Tuscany: vision and new user centred services.

"With medical knowledge expanding every day, no physician can keep up without help. By using high-tech medical communication, high-performance computers, high resolution video, and fibre-optic information "superhighways," we have been able to put the entire world of medical science at the fingertips of even the most isolated rural family doctor." [1] This quote by a former Surgeon General encapsulates the promise and potential for healthcare technology. Service organization and stakeholders' commitment are the real crucial issues for actual e-Health services deployment. In such a contest Homecare services start playing such a role of services integration and new care models development.