The deployment of core health care service delivery applications such as Telemedicine presents various challenges in low income countries. The challenges range from technical problems to complex politico-economic, managerial, and behavioral issues. We conducted a case study (Yin, 2009) to understand the impact of various stakeholders on the current telemedicine projects at the Black Lion Teachi...

With extended deployments of military telemedicine to remote, austere, and high-risk settings, there is a danger that implementation will outrun the research designed to assess it. A review of existing research evaluates current assessment models and indicates gaps around which future research may be designed. A review of models for evaluating telemedicine was conducted in September, 2001. Seve...

Telemedicine is a kind of telework application which refers to the performance of an information task remotely from the traditional work place in a hospital or clinic via communication technology in the health care industries. The requirement on real-time multimedia data transmission along the telecommunication channel for .solving critical cases often complicates the design of telemedicine. Th...

This thesis explores the issues surrounding the simultaneous deployment of Bluetooth & Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b) for networked devices in a telemedicine environment. A key aspect in telemedicine is the ability of the two standards to co-exist in close proximity. This work defines telemedicine, gives examples of applications, and describes the two wireless techniques and the issues that arise ...

INTRODUCTION This study evaluates the financial impact of telemedicine outreach in a competitive healthcare market from a tertiary children's hospital's perspective. We compared the number of transfers, average hospital revenue, and average professional billing revenue before and after the deployment of telemedicine. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective review of hospital and physici...

The use of telehealth and telemedicine offers powerful tools for delivering clinical care, conducting medical research, and enhancing access to infectious diseases physicians. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has prepared a position statement to educate members on the use of telehealth and telemedicine technologies. The development of telehealth and telemedicine programs requir...

BACKGROUND Telemedicine has great potential to improve health care in Africa as well as other developing areas, especially when medical expertise is urgently needed in emergency situations. Yet resistance from healthcare professionals could prevent telemedicine's social value from being materialized. OBJECTIVE This article intends to understand why healthcare providers resist using telemedici...

Telemedicine has been a technological takeaway for the developed countries. Even in the developing countries, it is increasingly being viewed as a tool for improving care and enhancing access to healthcare. Countries like India where the majority of the population lives in rural areas, where healthcare facilities are inefficient and inadequate, tools like telemedicine can contribute substantial...

OBJECTIVES The global population of elderly people is increasing at a remarkable rate, which may be expected to continue for some time. Older patients require more care, and with the current model of care delivery, the costs may be expected to rise, although higher cost is unsustainable. For this reason, a new pattern of practice is needed. Telemedicine will be presented as a highly effective a...

Telemedicine is the delivery of health care and the exchange of health-care information across distances. It is not a technology or a separate or new branch of medicine. Telemedicine episodes may be classified on the basis of: (1) the interaction between the client and the expert (i.e. realtime or prerecorded), and (2) the type of information being transmitted (e.g. text, audio, video). Much of...