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abstract：:We have developed a system for remote three-dimensional reconstruction, which facilitates telediagnosis. The telereconstruction system is based on a computerized tomography (CT) scanner, a workstation connected to the CT scanner, a PC, which can be geographically far away from the workstation, and a computer program t...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Masero V,Moreno J,Silva A,Andres F,Chambel J,Uson J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A free iPhone app was designed to help parents in Ontario track their children's vaccination records. It was launched in the iTunes app store on 20 November 2012. There were 4867 downloads in the following 12 months. We observed that downloads of the app were correlated with media coverage. Usage of the app was measur...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Wilson K,Atkinson K,Pluscauskas M,Bell C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne has been providing web-based video-consultations for a range of paediatric sub-specialties since 2011. There were 346 video-consultations in the first 16 months, from a total of 65 clinicians. Most teleconsultations were with the family at home. Generally, video-consult...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Jury SC,Walker AM,Kornberg AJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tele-ophthalmology using portable retinal imaging technology, mobile phone and Internet connectivity offers a solution to improve access to diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening services in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries where the burden of diabetes is increasing and there is limited access to eye care services and...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Matimba A,Woodward R,Tambo E,Ramsay M,Gwanzura L,Guramatunhu S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are currently evaluating the use of telemedicine for improving the care of patients admitted with neurological symptoms to hospitals that do not have specialist neurologists on site. To do this we have been comparing the outcome of patients admitted to two small hospitals. In one hospital all patients with neurolog...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Craig J,Chua R,Russell C,Patterson V,Wootton R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Access to telehealth services for children living in rural and remote areas of Australia is very limited. The delivery of allied health therapies to children in school via telehealth may help reduce inequality and improve academic outcomes over time. METHODS:A service delivering speech and language therap...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Langbecker DH,Caffery L,Taylor M,Theodoros D,Smith AC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protocols are essential in a nurse-led minor injuries unit. They allow the identification of agreed steps that need to occur in a sequential and timely fashion for a given process. Protocols fall into four categories: (1) for the management of specific clinical conditions; (2) for ordering and interpreting radiographs...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Benger J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed two cycles of laboratory-based usability testing of three food registration prototypes for people with diabetes. The design concepts were a commercial web application, various smartphones and a mobile phone photo blogging approach. Six adults with Type 1 diabetes and three adults with Type 2 diabetes part...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Arsand E,Tufano JT,Ralston JD,Hjortdahl P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot trial of telemedicine in primary care began in the village of Letham in 1998. The service provided conventional consultations with the district nurse, plus teleconsultations with a general practitioner (GP) at the health centre in Forfar, a few km away. In the first year, the videoconferencing link was used by...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Harvey S,Peterkin G,Wootton R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a randomized controlled study to compare conventional lectures with tele-education for delivering wound care education. Education was delivered by the two methods simultaneously to two classes. Forty-eight paramedics received a live didactic presentation and 41 paramedics received the same lecture via vid...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Haney M,Silvestri S,Van Dillen C,Ralls G,Cohen E,Papa L

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the accuracy and reliability of observational kinematic gait assessments performed via a low-bandwidth Internet link (18 kbit/s) and a higher-speed Internet link (128 kbit/s). Twenty-four subjects were randomized to either bandwidth group. Gait was assessed with the Gait Assessment Rating Scale (GARS) ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Russell TG,Jull GA,Wootton R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation tested the hypothesis that interactive, low-resolution telemedicine is an effective method for radiologists' consultations. The case material consisted of radiographs and digital images from patients with 14 paediatric diseases readily diagnosed by imaging, and 10 matched controls. The original imag...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Franken EA Jr,Berbaum KS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot telemedicine network was established in 11 sites using funding provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in the UK. The main purpose of the project was to develop and evaluate clinical and educational links between central and peripheral sites in Scotland. The results were very encouraging, and clinical...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Brebner JA,Brebner EM,Ruddick-Bracken H,Wootton R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an interactive mobile-phone based application, SmartDiet, that analyzes daily nutrition intake and patterns of daily exercise. It provides a personalized diet profile and promotes knowledge about nutrition using a diet game. We evaluated the effectiveness of the SmartDiet application in terms of acquiring...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Lee W,Chae YM,Kim S,Ho SH,Choi I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We collected data about telephone triage calls concerning children in Sweden. A sample of 110 paediatric calls were recorded. The transcribed data were analysed regarding word count, reasons for calling, results of calls, ages and gender of children, and gender of parents. The median call length was 4.4 min and the me...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Kaminsky E,Carlsson M,Höglund AT,Holmström I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine was used to make measurements on a series of radiographs. The first group consisted of 25 radiographs of the cervical spine; four lengths were measured on each. The second group consisted of 100 wrist radiographs showing Colles fractures; the degree of backward angulation of the distal fragment was measur...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Tachakra S,Doherty S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tele-ophthalmic consultations were conducted between a hospital in East Java, Indonesia, and an ophthalmology centre in Perth, Western Australia. Twenty-two eyes of 14 subjects were screened for glaucoma using a hand-held fundus camera. Optic disc images comprised 267 x 234 pixels at 24 bit/pixel (187 kByte). The imag...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Yogesan K,Constable IJ,Morgan W,Soebadi DY

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine demonstration projects in the Western Pacific are attempting to provide distance medical consulting and distance medical education for the isolated health-care workforce of the region. The Picasso Phone system is a low-cost telemedicine system which requires only the standard telephone network for its ope...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Malani J,Dever GJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed a telemedicine system that supports collaborative work on video-images from coronary cine-angiograms and cine-ventriculograms. Two workstations were connected by ISDN at 128 kbit/s. Coronary cine-angiogram and cine-ventriculogram video-images were transmitted to an image examination workstation before the ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Zhang R,Yamauchi K,Nonogawa M,Ikeda M,Zhang W,Huang D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1999 a national study of telemedicine in Australia led to the promotion of the concept of 'e-health', the health sector's equivalent of 'e-commerce'. A new study explored the view that, with the convergence of technologies and the consequent increase in ability to perform multiple functions with those technologies,...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Mitchell J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telepaediatrics is becoming increasingly popular for several reasons, including improved access to specialist care in tertiary hospitals and savings in travel costs, especially to the families concerned. There are well known examples of clinical telepaediatric services in areas such as cardiology, fetal medicine, scho...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Smith AC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A telemedicine link was established in 1996 between the island of Inishmore and the department of psychiatry in University College Hospital, Galway. The link was mainly used to facilitate emergency consultations between patients on the island and the duty psychiatrist, always at the request of the island's general pra...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Mannion L,Fahy TJ,Duffy C,Broderick M,Gethins E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a US veteran from the war in Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The patient was undergoing treatment at home via telehealth as part of a research trial. In week six, he presented with severe suicidal ideation and required emergency hospitalization. Through a series of immed...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Gros DF,Veronee K,Strachan M,Ruggiero KJ,Acierno R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Email has been used for some years as a low-cost telemedicine medium to provide support for developing countries. However, all operations have been relatively small scale and fairly labour intensive to administer. A scalable, automatic message-routing system was constructed which automates many of the tasks. During a ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Wootton R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U Special Kids Program (USK) at the University of Minnesota provides care coordination and case management services by telephone to children with special health-care needs. We measured the effect of the USK programme on hospital resource utilization using a retrospective record review. Information on hospitalizati...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Cady R,Finkelstein S,Kelly A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Our study aimed to compare the effectiveness of telemonitoring over structured telephone support in reducing heart failure-related healthcare utilization. METHODS:This was a non-randomised controlled study comparing 150 recently discharged heart failure patients enrolled into telemonitoring and 55 patients who on...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Leng Chow W,Aung CYK,Tong SC,Goh GS,Lee S,MacDonald MR,Ng AN,Cao Y,Ahmad AE,Yap MF,Leong G,Bruege A,Tesanovic A,Riistama J,Pang SY,Erazo F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saudi Arabia faces a severe shortage of nurses. An online nursing degree is being introduced as one approach to this problem. In 1999, the College of Nursing and Health Science at George Mason University formed a strategic partnership with IMED Link, a private telehealth company, to deliver online nursing education. N...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Carty RM,Principato JJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Madagascar's maternal health mortality ratio in 2013 was 478 deaths per 100,000 live births. Most deaths are related to direct complications during pregnancy and childbirth and could be reduced by providing comprehensive antenatal care (ANC). Objective The objective of the study was to assess the usability ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Benski AC,Stancanelli G,Scaringella S,Herinainasolo JL,Jinoro J,Vassilakos P,Petignat P,Schmidt NC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an 18-month study period, teleconsultations were conducted by email between a neonatal intensive care unit at an urban teaching hospital in western India and a rural primary care centre 40 km away. There were email consultations about 182 newborn babies; these consultations comprised 309 messages sent from the ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Deodhar J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the motivation behind patients attending hospital eye services, 30 in-depth interviews were conducted in Accra, Ghana, using a semi-structured format. Patients were interviewed from five different populations. Discomfort in the eye was the main reason for attending the eye clinic. Patients had high expect...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Baker H,Ntim-Amponsah C,Murdoch IE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00