Introduction to Telemedicine, second edition

Richard Wootton, John Craig, Victor Patterson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

218 Seiten

2006 | 2nd edition
Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85315-677-9 (ISBN)

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The second edition of this introductory guide to telemedicine and telecare services will be an invaluable guide to new practitioners in this growing field of medicine. This updated book will help them assess the need for a service and how it can be implemented.

In rural and sparsely populated countries, telemedicine can be a vital and life-saving link to health care, and in those regions where demands on hospitals are ever increasing, it can provide a safe and comfortable alternative to hospital-based therapy. The second edition of this introductory guide to telemedicine and telecare services is invaluable to new practitioners in this growing field of medicine. The book describes the benefits of telemedicine and highlights the potential problems. The authors provide numerous examples of how telemedicine is used in the United States, Australia, and Scandinavia.

Richard Wootton Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia John Craig Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Victor Patterson Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast; Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

List of contributors
Foreword to the first edition
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
SECTION ONE: BACKGROUND
1. Introduction to the practice of telemedicine
2. Telemedicine systems and communication
SECTION TWO: TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS
3. Prerecorded telemedicine
4. Realtime telemedicine
5. Tele-education
SECTION THREE: HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT TELEMEDICINE
6. Defining the needs of a telemedicine service
7. Successfully developing a telemedicine system
8. Evaluating telemedicine systems and services
9. How to do a telemedicine consultation
SECTION FOUR: OTHER ASPECTS OF TELEMEDICINE
10. Benefits and drawbacks of telemedicine
11. Legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine
12. Sources of information on telemedicine
13. Telemedicine in the future
14. Conclusion
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.4.2006
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	396 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	1-85315-677-9 / 1853156779
ISBN-13	978-1-85315-677-9 / 9781853156779
Zustand	Neuware