Telemedicine: history, uses and new learning tools
Introduction: Currently, health care interventions either diagnostic or therapeutic, are not distributed evenly across the globe, therefore ensuring the provision of health services represents a constant challenge for many health care programs in different countries, however, thanks to the advances...
| Autor Principal: | Cáceres-Méndez, Edward A.; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
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| Otros Autores: | Castro-Díaz, Sergio M.; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Gómez-Restrepo, Carlos; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Puyuna, Juan Carlos; Universidad de Pittsburgh |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2011
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/16032 |
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Introduction: Currently, health care interventions either diagnostic or therapeutic, are not distributed evenly across the globe, therefore ensuring the provision of health services represents a constant challenge for many health care programs in different countries, however, thanks to the advances in telecommunication and imaging processing, it is now possible to offer a variety of health care services to a greater number of people at a distance with a good level of quality, this concept is currently defined as telemedicine.Method: through a systematic search of medical literature databases: Medline, Ieeexplore, Scielo, through mesh words: Medical informatics, Technology management, Telemedicine, e-health, Latinoamerica. Look to recognize relevant data regarding the history, current and future applications of telemedicine.Development: After selecting the best evidence according to the objectives of this review, we proceeded to analyze the importance of history, medical specialties applications, advantages and disadvantages, barriers that limit the development and experiences in telemedicine Latinoamerica.Conclusions: Currently the use of telemedicine is progressing rapidly and it may represent a good alternative to improve cost-effectiveness in many health programs around the world. Telemedicine may facilitate the provision of both therapeutic and diagnostic decisions in different clinical scenarios, and may enhance academic training in medical schools, but there are still barriers in infrastructure such as elevated initial installation costs which should be considered, especially for LMIC countries. |
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