Telemedicine is an ideal solution to low income African countries struggling with health facilities and care providers shortages. This preliminary study explores physician’s level of acceptance and use of telemedicine system in Ethiopia. Data were gathered using a survey questionnaire based on UTAUT. Results show that physicians overall taste to the telemedicine system appears to be favourable....

One of the diseases in which patients need intensive care and supervision is Diabetes and controlling the bold sugar level. In this paper, a telemedicine system is proposed to be used by diabetic patients for caring themselves, by which the patient may supervise and control his blood sugar level by his mobile phone. In this paper, first we would describe the system and compare its capabilities ...

Telemedicine has been proved to be effective across several different medical fields. It increases access to patients and reduces travel burden. In the context of an ongoing pilot study of telemedicine for individuals with migraine, we completed in-person baseline assessments and follow-up visits via telemedicine to test the hypothesis that follow-up care delivered by telemedicine is at least a...

Introduction Telemedicine and related healthcare technologies aim to provide efficient healthcare remotely. It ought to improve the well-being of patients and bring medical expertise at a lower cost to people in need at the right time. Telemedicine has various potential uses such as clinical, educational and administrative. Telemedicine can bring high quality medical service to under-served are...

ICU telemedicine uses audiovisual conferencing technology to provide critical care from a remote location. Research is needed to best define the optimal use of ICU telemedicine, but efforts are hindered by methodological challenges and the lack of an organized delivery approach. We convened an interdisciplinary working group to develop a research agenda in ICU telemedicine, addressing both meth...

Telemedicine is advocated for its potential to improve the accessibility and quality of health care delivery while lowering costs [1]. Although the potential benefits of telemedicine have long been a subject of research and intense discussion, the results of actual implementations have been far from conclusive. Most current research, which views telemedicine as a substitute for travel and a bas...

BACKGROUND Telemedicine has been recognized as a way to improve accessibility, quality, and efficiency of care. In view of the introduction of new telemedicine services, we conducted a survey through a self-administered questionnaire among families of children attending the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, a tertiary care children's hospital located in Rome, Italy. METHODS We investiga...

PURPOSE To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of telemedicine services in patients diagnosed with preterm labor (PTL). DESIGN Women hospitalized with a diagnosis of PTL during a 3-year study period were identified within a health maintenance organization. INCLUSION CRITERIA singleton gestation, stabilized after tocolysis and discharged from the hospital, and participation in the HMO's preterm-...

OBJECTIVE Potentially avoidable hospitalizations (PAHs) of nursing home (NH) residents are common, costly, and can have significant economic consequences. Telemedicine has been shown to reduce emergency department and hospitalization of NH residents, yet adoption has been limited and little is known about provider's perceptions and desired functionality for a telemedicine program. The goal of t...

AIM This study examined the use of telemedicine as a means to follow up infants discharged from a Swedish neonatal intensive care unit to home health care. METHODS Families were randomised to either a control group receiving standard home health care (n = 42 families) or a telemedicine group receiving home health care with telemedicine support (n = 47 families) after discharge from the hospit...