Telemedicine and rural health care applications.

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Anthony C
dc.contributor.authorBensink, M
dc.contributor.authorArmfield, N
dc.contributor.authorStillman, J
dc.contributor.authorCaffery, L
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-10T17:35:15Z
dc.date.available2020-02-10T17:35:15Z
dc.date.issued2006-01-02
dc.description.abstractTelemedicine has the potential to help facilitate the delivery of health services to rural areas In the right circumstances telemedicine may also be useful for the delivery of education and teaching programmes and the facilitation of administrative meetings In this paper reference is made to a variety of telemedicine applications in Australia and other countries including telepaediatrics home telehealth critical care telemedicine for new born babies telemedicine in developing countries health screening via e mail and teleradiology These applications represent some of the broad range of telemedicine applications possible An overriding imperative is to focus on the clinical problem first with careful consideration given to the significant organisational changes which are associated with the introduction of a new service or alternative method of service delivery For telemedicine to be effective it is also important that all sites involved are adequately resourced in terms of staff equipment telecommunications technical support and training In addition there are a number of logistical factors which are important when considering the development of a telemedicine service including site selection clinician empowerment telemedicine management technological requirements user training telemedicine evaluation and information sharing through publication
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/Not available
dc.identifier.urihttps://lib.digitalsquare.io/xmlui/handle/123456789/27256
dc.relation.uriJournal of postgraduate medicine
dc.titleTelemedicine and rural health care applications.en
dcterms.abstractTelemedicine has the potential to help facilitate the delivery of health services to rural areas In the right circumstances telemedicine may also be useful for the delivery of education and teaching programmes and the facilitation of administrative meetings In this paper reference is made to a variety of telemedicine applications in Australia and other countries including telepaediatrics home telehealth critical care telemedicine for new born babies telemedicine in developing countries health screening via e mail and teleradiology These applications represent some of the broad range of telemedicine applications possible An overriding imperative is to focus on the clinical problem first with careful consideration given to the significant organisational changes which are associated with the introduction of a new service or alternative method of service delivery For telemedicine to be effective it is also important that all sites involved are adequately resourced in terms of staff equipment telecommunications technical support and training In addition there are a number of logistical factors which are important when considering the development of a telemedicine service including site selection clinician empowerment telemedicine management technological requirements user training telemedicine evaluation and information sharing through publication
dcterms.contributorSmith, Anthony C
dcterms.contributorBensink, M
dcterms.contributorArmfield, N
dcterms.contributorStillman, J
dcterms.contributorCaffery, L
dcterms.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/Not available
dcterms.relationJournal of postgraduate medicine
dcterms.titleTelemedicine and rural health care applications.en
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