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

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 …

Voice and data communication facilities (email via VHF radio) were installed in 39
previously isolated health facilities in the province of Alto Amazonas in Peru. A baseline …

Rural areas in developing countries are characterized by lack of resources, low population
density, and scarcity of communications infrastructure. These circumstances make it difficult …

The development of telemedicine programs for the public health network of the Department
of Cauca, Colombia,(Department is the major political and territorial division of the country …

A clinical workstation was developed to provide basic telemedicine services in a medical
clinic in rural Ecuador. The unit cost was less than $1000. The system provided …

Telemedicine systems providing voice communication and email by radio were installed at
seven health centres (HCs) and 32 health posts (HPs) in the Alto Amazonas province of …

Background: Telemedicine is becoming increasingly important in Ecuador, especially in
areas such as rural primary healthcare and medical education. Rural telemedicine programs …

Telemedicine is currently being used to bridge the physical distance between patients in
remote areas and medical specialists around the world. Developing countries have had little …

Rural communities have chronically suffered from a lack of adequate health care resources.
Too few primary care practitioners and the need to travel long distances for specialty care …