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

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 …

Background Developing countries need telemedicine applications that help in many
situations, when physicians are a small number with respect to the population, when …

While there are significant potential advantages and benefits fromtelemedicine, the
evidence of its cost-effectiveness and sustainability is meagre. This is because much of the …

Telemedicine is a tool used to deliver health care from a distance. Developing countries can
benefit from telemedicine because these countries face such issues as a lack of specialists …

Abstract Information communications technology has been a focus of the work of the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) since 1970, when this organization was …

This paper reviews trends and issues in health and in the information and communication
technologies (ICT) market as they relate to the deployment of eHealth solutions in Latin …