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Rural areas and Telemedicine
Rural areas and Telemedicine
It is well known what advantages have Telemedicine brought to healthcare
provision. My concern, and probably everybody's concern is the rural areas;
communities that cannot have access to such technology. What is the best
solution to help them benefit from such advancement? Would cost be an
obstacle?
It is well known what advantages have Telemedicine brought to healthcare
provision. My concern, and probably everybody's concern is the rural areas;
communities that cannot have access to such technology. What is the best
solution to help them benefit from such advancement? Would cost be an
obstacle?
Re: Rural areas and Telemedicine
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:19:21 +0400, "Basma Alyami"
<Basmaqahis@hotmail . com > wrote:
>It is well known what advantages have Telemedicine brought to healthcare
>provision. My concern, and probably everybody's concern is the rural areas;
>communities that cannot have access to such technology. What is the best
>solution to help them benefit from such advancement? Would cost be an
>obstacle?
>
Certainly one of telemedicine's most special areas of interest ARE the
rural areas which otherwise might be cut of completely from any kind
of medical care.
Technically speaking, there are several solutions for the provision of
telemedical applications and services: Either via conventional
communication lines (analogous, ISDN, DSL, etc.) or by using satellite
broadband capacity.
Throughout the last decade, there have been various implementations of
such applications and services on a project level basis throughout the
entire world.
However, one should always bear the following aspects in mind:
1. The implementation of telemedical applications and services
nowadays no longer needs projects. All the necessary information
exists in order to carry out these applications and services in a most
beneficial manner.
2. There are many more obstacles towards the implementation of a
telemedical application and service beyond the financial level
(political, economical, psychological etc.). Much work has been done
on this subject. One of the best depictions of the existing obstacles
and how to overcome them is to be read in
Mohr, M. et al.: Opportunities and Challenges of eHealth and
Telemedicine via Satellite. Eur. J. Med. Res. 10 (Suppl. 1): 1 - 52
(2004)
3. The choice of technology also underlies many individual criteria,
which must be valued according to 2.
4. The most important factor, however, for the concludent maintenance
of telemedical applications and services is a kind of "local
stability" by which they are supported on a long-time basis.
HTH
Markus Mohr
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:19:21 +0400, "Basma Alyami"
<Basmaqahis@hotmail . com > wrote:
>It is well known what advantages have Telemedicine brought to healthcare
>provision. My concern, and probably everybody's concern is the rural areas;
>communities that cannot have access to such technology. What is the best
>solution to help them benefit from such advancement? Would cost be an
>obstacle?
>
Certainly one of telemedicine's most special areas of interest ARE the
rural areas which otherwise might be cut of completely from any kind
of medical care.
Technically speaking, there are several solutions for the provision of
telemedical applications and services: Either via conventional
communication lines (analogous, ISDN, DSL, etc.) or by using satellite
broadband capacity.
Throughout the last decade, there have been various implementations of
such applications and services on a project level basis throughout the
entire world.
However, one should always bear the following aspects in mind:
1. The implementation of telemedical applications and services
nowadays no longer needs projects. All the necessary information
exists in order to carry out these applications and services in a most
beneficial manner.
2. There are many more obstacles towards the implementation of a
telemedical application and service beyond the financial level
(political, economical, psychological etc.). Much work has been done
on this subject. One of the best depictions of the existing obstacles
and how to overcome them is to be read in
Mohr, M. et al.: Opportunities and Challenges of eHealth and
Telemedicine via Satellite. Eur. J. Med. Res. 10 (Suppl. 1): 1 - 52
(2004)
3. The choice of technology also underlies many individual criteria,
which must be valued according to 2.
4. The most important factor, however, for the concludent maintenance
of telemedical applications and services is a kind of "local
stability" by which they are supported on a long-time basis.
HTH
Markus Mohr
