Nearly half a century ago, telemedicine was disregarded for being an unwieldy, unreliable,
and unaffordable technology. Rapidly evolving telecommunications and information …

This article analyzes telemedicine, the use of distant communication technologies within the
context of clinical health care, and the effects it has on health communication. The main …

Hospitals all over the world are moving towards better and more advanced technologies. In
the recent times, integration of the Internet of Things with the available medical technologies …

World Bank Working Papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's work to
the development community with the least possible delay. The typescript of this paper …

Even the interaction between technology and healthcare has a long history, the embracing
of e-health is slow because of limited infrastructural arrangements, capacity and political …

This article presents three studies dealing with information and communication needs in
rural primary health care from Peru and Nicaragua. Results show that primary health-care …

The advent of modern communication technol-ogy has unleashed a new wave of
opportunities and threats to the delivery of health services. 1 Telemedicine, a broad …

In July 1999, the Swinfen Charitable Trust in the UK established a telemedicine link in
Bangladesh, between the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Dhaka and …

Telemedicine, the use of advanced communication technologies in the health care context,
has a rich history and a clear evolutionary course. In this paper, the authors identify …

The Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Group of the Technical University of Madrid
and the nongovernmental organization engineering without frontiers are leading the" …