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Telemedicine in low resource settings: templates and examples of proven practices

TeH, 15/09/08. Potential uses of telemedicine in developing world. Educational purposesAsynchronous nature (self-study via the web)Interactive (videoconferencing) Clinical purposesFor disasters reliefTelemedicine for second opinions. TeH, 15/09/08. Potential uses of telemedicine in developing

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Telemedicine in low resource settings: templates and examples of proven practices

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    1. TeH,15/09/08 Telemedicine in low resource settings: templates and examples of proven practices Maria Zolfo

    2. TeH, 15/09/08 Potential uses of telemedicine in developing world Educational purposes Asynchronous nature (self-study via the web) Interactive (videoconferencing) Clinical purposes For disasters relief Telemedicine for second opinions

    3. TeH, 15/09/08 Potential uses of telemedicine in developing world Educational purposes Asynchronous nature (self-study via the web) Interactive (videoconferencing) Clinical purposes For disasters relief Telemedicine for second opinions

    4. TeH, 15/09/08 Educational purposes Asynchronous education Self-study via the web: http://polhn.org/

    5. TeH, 15/09/08 Educational purposes Interactive: videoconferencing RAFT

    6. TeH, 15/09/08 Educational purposes Interactive: videoconferencing RAFT

    7. TeH, 15/09/08 Potential uses of telemedicine in developing world Educational purposes Asynchronous nature (self-study via the web) Interactive (videoconferencing) Clinical purposes For disasters relief Telemedicine for second opinions

    8. TeH, 15/09/08 Clinical purposes Disaster relief, e.g., Armenian earthquake in 1988 (satellite link called ‘space bridge’ between physicians in Armenia, States and Russia) Transmission of fax data and audio- and videoconferencing for teleconsultations

    9. TeH, 15/09/08 Clinical purposes: second opinion-advice Partners Healthcare, Boston, USA Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, USA iPath Association, Basel, Switzerland Swinfen Charitable Trust, Canterbury, UK Réseau Afrique Francophone de Télémédecine (RAFT), Geneva, Switzerland

    10. TeH, 15/09/08 Partners Healthcare

    11. TeH, 15/09/08 Tripler Army Medical Center

    12. TeH, 15/09/08 iPath Association

    13. TeH, 15/09/08 Swinfen Charitable Trust

    14. TeH, 15/09/08 Réseau Afrique Francophone de Télémédecine (RAFT)

    15. TeH, 15/09/08 Other telemedicine approaches, on HIV/AIDS care

    16. TeH, 15/09/08 Telemedicine ITM, Antwerp, Belgium SCART: Short Course on AntiRetroviral Therapy (since 2003) http://telemedicine.itg.be/ (email- and web-based consultions)

    17. http://telemedicine.itg.be/

    18. TeH, 15/09/08 Telemedicine interactive sites, 2007

    19. TeH, 15/09/08

    20. TeH, 15/09/08 End users' benefit

    21. TeH, 15/09/08 Telemedicine website visits/year

    22. TeH, 15/09/08 Forum members, 2007

    23. TeH, 15/09/08 Utilization rate (second opinions)

    24. TeH, 15/09/08 Why isn’t demand escalating?

    25. TeH, 15/09/08 Why isn’t demand escalating? Free telemedicine service not valued? Cultural problem? Inappropriate experts? Referrers too busy? Perceived loss of control?

    26. TeH, 15/09/08 Swinfen referrals: loss of control?

    27. TeH, 15/09/08 Why isn’t demand escalating? Free telemedicine service not valued? Cultural problem? Inappropriate experts? Referrers too busy? Perceived loss of control?

    28. TeH, 15/09/08 Low-cost telemedicine in the developing world Feasible Clinically useful Sustainable Scaleable

    29. TeH, 15/09/08 Way forward Development of intra-country networks: (1) demonstrably alter health outcomes; (2) can be shown to be cost-effective and sustainable; (3) will act as a model for other countries to copy. Successful implementation would result in one or more successful telemedicine that could be replicated widely.

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