We propose a new framework for Internet-based telepresence, in which the participants collaboratively experience and effect events at a remote site.. The system combines a remote agent (the “Tele-Actor”) with distributed audience control (the “Tele-Directors”). This framework allows the remote group of Tele-Directors not only to view but to vote on commands and thereby to participate in the Tel...

s and case studies are now being accepted for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) 2012 meeting, which will be held September 9th through the 12th in San Diego, California. Submissions for the CAP ’12 Abstract Program will be accepted through Monday, April 2, 2012. Accepted submissions will appear in the September 2012 issue of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Visit the CA...

s identified through the search strategy were entered in Reference Manager and were grouped into ten subject areas: Paediatric telehealth First Nations telehealth Geriatric telehealth Tele-homecare Tele-mental health Teleradiology and Tele-ultrasound Renal Dialysis telehealth Rural & Remote telehealth Telerehabilitation It was decided that the subject areas of teleradiology and tele-ultrasound ...

Tele-ICU is the use of an off-site command center in which a critical care team (intensivists and critical care nurses) is connected with patients in distant ICUs to exchange health information through real-time audio, visual, and electronic means. The aim of this study is to review the available literature related to the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of tele-ICU applications and to study the...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This proof-of-concept trial investigated the effects of an 8-week program of caregiver-mediated exercises commenced in hospital combined with tele-rehabilitation services on patient self-reported mobility and caregiver burden. METHODS Sixty-three hospitalized stroke patients (mean age 68.7, 64% female) were randomly allocated to an 8-week caregiver-mediated exercises pr...

When detailed price and quantity information is available for components of the CPI, it becomes possible to produce month to month superlative indexes for these components. As we saw at the end of the last Chapter, these superlative month to month indexes can be subject to a considerable amount of chain drift. Thus in this Chapter, we will review recent methods that have been suggested to overc...

from the Thai Gynecologic Oncology Group in 1996. With the aims of fighting against gynecologic cancer, providing fellowship training and continuing education, there are many activities among members and partnerships all through the year. For fellowship training programme, bimonthly interinstitute conferences and annual refresher courses are provided. During Her Royal Majesty the Queen Sirikit’...

INTRODUCTION Telemedicine includes the use of information and communication technology for education in the health sector, tele-education. Sub-Saharan Africa has an extreme shortage of health professionals and as a result, doctors to teach doctors and students. Tele-education has the potential to provide access to education both formal and continuing medical education. While the uptake of telem...