Telemedicine in the Asia Pacific

Lun, K. C.

doi:10.1016/s1386-5056(01)00129-0

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“…Several attempts have been made to outline the current status of telemedicine or e-Health in different regions of the world, including the developing world (Wootton, 2008), Asian countries (Durrani and Khoja, 2009), Latin America and the Caribbean (Rodrigues and Risk, 2003;Keane, 2007) or to portray a glimpse of a global picture (Bates and Wright, 2009). Furthermore, a number of journal special issues have been dedicated to the investigation of e-Health and telemedicine activities in different regions of the world, such as Asia Pacific countries (Lun, 2001), Arctic and Circumpolar countries (Winblad et al, 2004) and Canada (Cloutier, 2004).…”

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Profiling e-health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns

Jahangirian

Taylor

2013

Information Development

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There is a severe shortage of healthcare provision in Africa. e-Health, the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support healthcare, may help to ease this problem. e-Health projects support a wide range of applications ranging from telemedicine to global research collaborations made possible via e-Infrastructures, worldwide systems of integrated advanced high performance networking and computing ICT. To try to understand the state of e-Health in Africa, this paper aims to create a picture and to present an analytical review of some of these initiatives in Africa. A review framework composed of multiple search methods is developed and applied to yield a broad coverage of e-Health projects over the African continent. Seven quantitative analyses on the projects are presented. Major observations include that there is a tendency for e-Health projects to grow in number in some African countries over time; that African countries with larger Gross National Incomes tend to attract more e-Health projects; that e-Health projects in Africa focus on telemedicine, health education and health-related research; that there is a wide range of funding bodies, some of which have a geographical focus, and that the number of m-Health projects has been rising sharply.

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Profiling e-health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns

Jahangirian

Taylor

2013

Information Development

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“…Physicians in remote areas also need a convenient way to receive continuing medical education. Telemedicine provides a timeless and spaceless measure for teleconsultation and continuing medical education [14]. The network established among primary healthcare providers, community hospitals, and medical centers not only improves the quality of primary healthcare in rural areas, but also provides on-the-job training, and interactive communication among different specialties.…”

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Review of telemedicine projects in Taiwan

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Guo²,

Chen³

et al. 2001

International Journal of Medical Informatics

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“…However, there are fewer diagnostic radiologists per head of population in Japan than in the US and Europe. Therefore, diagnostic radiology expertise is scarce in rural areas and especially on Japan's isolated islands 2,3 .…”

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Development and evaluation of a teleradiology and videoconferencing system

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We developed a teleradiology system linking a general hospital on Sado Island to tertiary care hospitals in Niigata City. The island is 40 km from Niigata City on the mainland and has only one diagnostic radiologist (for 72,000 islanders). Fibre optic cables between Sado Island and Niigata City were used for transmission. The introduction of the teleradiology system facilitated diagnostic and therapeutic consultation with specialists in Niigata City. The performance of the system was evaluated (on a scale of 0-6, with higher scores indicating better performance) by five diagnostic radiologists, who rated 32 features of the system twice, once in April 2002 and once in September 2003. The performance ratings improved from 1.38 to 2.86. While many of the initial problems with the software had been resolved, many still remained.

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Telemedicine in the Asia Pacific

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Profiling e-health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns

Profiling e-health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns

Review of telemedicine projects in Taiwan

Development and evaluation of a teleradiology and videoconferencing system

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