Abstract：
:Telecardiology holds great promise for Africa, from tele-echocardiography and tele-ECG s, to home monitoring and text messaging for medication adherence monitoring. The burden of disease is great and there is an extreme shortage of health professionals. Telemedicine can provide access to scarce specialist care, improve the quality of care in rural areas and reduce the need for rural patients to travel to seek medical attention. International cross border service can alleviate the shortage of doctors. But telecardiology, and telemedicine uptake in general, has been poor in Africa. Legal and ethical issues around local and cross border telemedicine have not been resolved. The literature was reviewed and obstacles to telemedicine in Africa and current telemedicine activities in Africa, are described. There are few sustained telemedicine services in Africa with the exception of tele-education. There is an expectation that mobile phones will facilitate a range of telemedicine activities in Africa. Africa needs telemedicine.
journal_name
Prog Cardiovasc Disjournal_title
Progress in cardiovascular diseasesauthors
Mars Mdoi
10.1016/j.pcad.2013.10.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-11-01 00:00:00pages
326-35issue
3eissn
0033-0620issn
1873-1740pii
S0033-0620(13)00179-5journal_volume
56pub_type
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.pcad.2013.03.003
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.pcad.2012.04.006
更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
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更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
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journal_title：Progress in cardiovascular diseases
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