Long-running telemedicine networks delivering humanitarian services: experience, performance and scientific output
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Long-running telemedicine networks delivering humanitarian services: experience, performance and scientific output.
OBJECTIVE To summarize the experience, performance and scientific output of long-running telemedicine networks delivering humanitarian services. METHODS Nine long-running networks--those operating for five years or more--were identified and seven provided detailed information about their activities, including performance and scientific output. Information was extracted from peer-reviewed pape...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.11.099143