Telehealth in the Developing World

Richard Wootton, Niv G Patil, Richard E. Scott , Kendall Ho

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Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
24 February 2009

Telemedicine; Health systems & services

Telecommunications bring the potential to improve both the quality of and access to health care in the remotest areas of the developing world. Telemedicine offers solutions for emergency medical assistance, long distance consultation, administration and logistics, supervision and quality assurance and education and training for health-care professionals and providers.

Telehealth in the Developing World aims to balance the relative lack of published information on successful telehealth solutions in the developing world. It is written for all e-health and telehealth proponents interested in learning about, or contributing to the implementation of, appropriate solutions for 80% of the world's population.

Topics featured include:

Teledermatology in Cambodia

Telepediatrics in Chechnya

Telepathology in India - using digital cameras and email

HealthNet networks in Nepal

Medical missions for Children in Mongolia

International HIV/AIDS discussion lists

The Aga Khan Telehealth Network in Pakistan

Access to mobile phones and internet in the Philippines

Exchanging X-ray images in Ghana

Web-based oncology registries and a virtual oncology hospital in Brazil

Surgical training in the developing world

The iPath international email network

Edited by: Richard Wootton, Niv G Patil, Richard E. Scott, Kendall Ho
Imprint: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9781853157844
ISBN 10: 1853157848
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 24 February 2009
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Wootton, Director of Research and Head of the Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, AustraliaNiv G. Patil, Professor in Surgery and Assistant Dean (Education & Student Affairs), Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, ChinaRichard E. Scott, Associate Professor at the Global e-Health Research and Training Program, Health Innovation and Information Technology Centre, and Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, CanadaKendall Ho, Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean, Division of Continuing Professional Development & Knowledge Translation, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and eHealth consultant, Ministry of Health, Government of British Columbia, Canada

Reviews for Telehealth in the Developing World

Telehealth in the Developing World presents a comprehensive analysis of telemedicine systems and applications for providing education, medical care and consultations worldwide. Chapters covering current applications will be extraordinarily valuable to programs considering establishing a telemedicine framework to provide outside consultation or to develop in-country expertise through health worker training. This book will serve equally well as a resource for students of public health, public policy, and global medicine as it will for practitioners in the field and for programs developing capacity internationally. -- Rebecca S. Kightlinger, DO Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Virginia School of Medicine, June 2009