abstract：:The current health-care infrastructure is generally considered to be inadequate to meet the needs of an increasingly older population. We have investigated the feasibility of a passive in-home monitoring system based on wireless accessible sensor populations (WASP). In an EU-funded project we have identified the syste...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Mazzù M,Scalvini S,Giordano A,Frumento E,Wells H,Lokhorst K,Glisenti F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A telemedicine service was established for the Scottish Police College with medical advice provided from the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Use of the service from November 2004 to February 2006 was audited. A total of 192 patients presented to the service during the 16-month study period. There were 97 teleconsultations. ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Webster K,Fraser S,Mair F,Ferguson J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a randomized controlled multicentre trial to investigate the feasibility of a telerehabilitation intervention for arm/hand function (the Home Care Activity Desk [HCAD] training) in a home setting. Usual care was compared to HCAD training. The hypothesis was that the clinical outcomes of the HCAD intervent...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Huijgen BC,Vollenbroek-Hutten MM,Zampolini M,Opisso E,Bernabeu M,Van Nieuwenhoven J,Ilsbroukx S,Magni R,Giacomozzi C,Marcellari V,Marchese SS,Hermens HJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telepsychiatry can be used in two kinds of psychiatric emergencies: one-time clinical events and public health situations associated with mass disaster. Emergency telepsychiatry delivered by videoconferencing has the potential to improve patient care in many settings. Although experience is limited, it has been found ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Yellowlees P,Burke MM,Marks SL,Hilty DM,Shore JH

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:We have designed and constructed force measurement equipment to assess hand-finger function in pressing tasks. The equipment was used for monitoring the follow-up of five hand-transplanted subjects. Interactive software was integrated into the instrument to monitor the functionality of the hand and fingers during exer...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Morelli S,Maccioni G,Lanzetta M,Macellari V,Giansanti D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a mobile pharmacy service system (MPSS) to deliver individualized pharmaceutical care via text messages sent to the mobile phones of patients. The text messages were: (1) reminders about medication - from the day following discharge, reminder messages were automatically sent to patients approximately...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Mao Y,Zhang Y,Zhai S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between June 1995 and June 2000 teleradiology was performed in 1024 neurosurgical cases (945 patients). An analogue image transfer system was used for presentation of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from seven referring hospitals in southern Germany. The system used a 19,200 baud mo...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Kreutzer J,Akutsu H,Fahlbusch R,Buchfelder M,Nimsky C

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective chart review to estimate the extent to which palliative home care visits could be carried out using videophones and to explore factors that might inform the eligibility criteria for video-visits. Four hundred palliative home care health records of deceased clients from 2002 were randomly s...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hebert MA,Paquin MJ,Whitten L,Cai P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the clinical effectiveness and patient satisfaction with nurse-led telephone follow-up of women with lower urinary tract symptoms. Participants were offered telephone follow-up with a nurse instead of a conventional outpatient appointment. Suitability was decided by the doctor who saw the women at her last...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Jeffery S,Doumouchtsis SK,Fynes M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of older adults is increasing, and telemedicine has the potential to improve their access to health care. Telemedicine systems have been shown to benefit older adults by increasing peer support interactions, providing health-care access to older adults in rural communities, reducing the cost of health care,...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Stronge AJ,Rogers WA,Fisk AD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a consultation and teaching concept about leg wounds and their care, for use by patients and caregivers in a home health-care setting. Descriptive data were gathered through a survey distributed to three groups, comprising 21 individuals (18 nurses and 3 health administrators). These participants provided...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Jönsson AM,Willman A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We created a Web catalogue of approved telemedicine systems that authoritative Italian research bodies had made available for more general use. The evaluation process was divided into two stages: (1) classification of the telemedicine systems and rough preliminary evaluation; (2) assessment of the telemedicine product...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Bedini R,Belardinelli A,Giansanti D,Guerriero L,Macellari V,Morelli S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Business model and financial recovery issues dominate discussions about using telemedicine to improve chronic disease management. The technical issues are numerous, daunting and complex, but many can be addressed using the resources and infrastructure available in large, well-integrated clinical information systems. T...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Shea S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared telemedicine with a conventional outpatient continence service (CS) in community-dwelling older women with urge or stress incontinence. After an initial biofeedback-assisted pelvic floor muscle training session, subjects were randomized to behavioural training for eight weeks via the CS (n = 27) or a telem...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hui E,Lee PS,Woo J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tele-education has been used for many years to deliver continuing education programmes to rural health-care professionals. The main modes are audio, video and computer. Audio technologies involve the transmission of the spoken word (voice) between learners and instructors, either synchronously or asynchronously. Examp...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Curran VR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Assembly has acknowledged that telehealth could play an important role in providing access to health care for populations at risk worldwide. The Cambodia Teleconsultation Programme or Village Leap Programme connects those in need of health care, with those willing to share their medical expertise. Tel...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Lugn NE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, most hospitals have a department of radiology where images are captured and interpreted. Decentralization is the opposite of centralization and means 'away from the centre'. With a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and broadband communications, transmitting radiology images between sites wi...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Aas IH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that joint teleconsultations can improve communication at the primary-secondary care interface. We examined data from a qualitative analysis of social interactions in teleconsultations between specialists and general practitioners. The primary interaction was between specialists and patients. The...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： MacFarlane A,Harrison R,Murray E,Wallace P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback can be used to train motor functions at a distance, which makes therapy at home a possibility. To enable patients to train properly without the presence of a therapist, artificial feedback is considered essential. We studied the combined effect of age and timing of artificial feedba...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： van Dijk H,Hermens HJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the UK National Health Service (NHS), NHS Direct, the national 24-h telephone helpline, has been available in England and Wales since 2000 and has been termed a 'single gateway' to health care. We conducted a population survey of 15,004 people in areas covered by the service, which included questions about NHS Dire...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Knowles E,Munro J,O'Cathain A,Nicholl J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over one-third of adults are at risk of developing sleep disorders. Telemedicine is emerging as an effective tool in sleep medicine by allowing people to undergo sleep studies without overnight hospital stays (e.g. monitoring at home). Telemedicine has the potential to overcome several obstacles in the diagnosis and t...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Seibert PS,Whitmore TA,Parker PD,Grimsley FP,Payne K,O'Donnell JE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed 46 telecytology cases sent from two rural hospitals about 500 km from a tertiary cancer centre. The cases were submitted for second opinion over a period of two years and evaluated using a static store and forward telecytology approach. A total of 715 digital images were studied (average 15 per case). Fort...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Jialdasani R,Desai S,Gupta M,Kothari A,Deshpande R,Shet T,Ramadwar M,Kane S,Chinoy R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The government of Uzbekistan has recognized the need for telemedicine. With the support of several international groups, three telemedicine programmes have been established. This international assistance has provided equipment and training. There is a national network of emergency medical services, and two e-referral ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Doarn CR,Adilova F,Lam D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a leading cause of vision loss in industrialized countries. Diabetic retinopathy has features which make it ideal for disease management by telemedicine. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has recently established consensus recommendations for ocular telemedicine for diabetic retinopathy,...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Cavallerano J,Aiello LM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic heart failure (CHF) remains a common cause of disability. We have investigated the use of home-based telecardiology (HBT) in CHF patients. Four hundred and twenty-six patients were enrolled in the study: 230 in the HBT group and 196 in the usual-care group. HBT consisted of trans-telephonic follow-up and elect...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Scalvini S,Capomolla S,Zanelli E,Benigno M,Domenighini D,Paletta L,Glisenti F,Giordano A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical review of the published literature investigating the Internet and consumer health information was undertaken in order to inform further research and policy. A qualitative, narrative method was used, consisting of a three-stage process of identification and collation, thematic coding, and critical analysis. ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Powell JA,Lowe P,Griffiths FE,Thorogood M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten delegates at the conference Voluntarism, Health and Social Care were recruited to form a panel of citizens to debate and offer direction for the future of technologically mediated health care. The panel suggested various principles for the development of telemedicine and telecare, concerning: patients, users and c...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Mort M,Finch T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared two models of assistance (telecardiology versus usual care) for patients discharged after acute coronary syndrome (ACS), in the assessment of angina. Two hundred patients were randomized into two groups at discharge for ACS: Group A to telecardiology and Group B to usual care. Early hospital readmission (i...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Chiantera A,Scalvini S,Pulignano G,Pugliese M,De Lio L,Mazza A,Fera MS,Bussolotti L,Bartolini S,Guerrieri L,Caroselli A,Giovannini E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine has the potential substantially to improve the delivery of health care. However, cost-effectiveness studies are needed to help define the appropriate scope and application of telemedicine in different settings. Reports on the evaluation of telemedicine are dominated by technical and feasibility studies. S...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hailey D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation is crucial to the integration of e-health applications into the health-care system and their ultimate sustainability. However, e-health evaluation is often criticized for the poor quality of research design, the lack of common outcome indicators and the absence of an agreed theory. Health technology assessm...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Gagnon MP,Scott RE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tele-ultrasound survey was distributed to clinicians and sonographers in regional and rural sites throughout Queensland. In all, 28 centres were invited to complete a profile questionnaire, and 27 centres were invited to complete a case-log. Twenty-five of the 28 questionnaires were returned (89% response rate). Twe...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Lewis C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mentoring is a strategy that may assist the midwifery profession to support new graduates and midwives working in rural and remote areas. We conducted a survey of 1,577 New Zealand midwives about their opinions and experiences of mentoring. The questionnaire comprised 33 questions, nine of which were open questions. T...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Stewart S,Wootton R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We searched the MEDLINE database for publications about telemedicine from 1966 to 2003. Only publications with a first institutional address in Spain and from journals listed in the JCR Science Edition 2002 were included in the study. A total of 118 publications were found. The first publication appeared in 1988 and p...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Gonzalez F,Castro AF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early telemedicine networks employed dedicated telecommunications circuits (e.g. leased digital lines) in which the sender and receiver were connected by a private circuit. More recently, the Internet has become widely available for general use, including telemedicine. The Internet was engineered to permit network pat...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Gemmill J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Videoconferencing at a bandwidth of 384 kbit/s was used in open sessions for subjects with alcohol use disorders (AUD). Study participants received eight sessions of group therapy over a four-week period from an accredited addictions counsellor. Outcome assessment included self-report measures, a qualitative interview...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Frueh BC,Henderson S,Myrick H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated stereoscopic imaging for gross examination in telepathology. A conventional macroscopic station was equipped with two cameras mounted 6.5 cm apart and images were produced of 30 different routine pathology specimens. Still images were displayed on a three-dimensional auto-stereoscopic display with a le...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hutarew G,Moser K,Dietze O

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the literature on distance training for the restoration of motor function. Computerized literature searches were performed using the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cinahl and Cochrane databases. Articles that met the criteria for inclusion were divided into three general areas concerning the type of training in relation...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： van Dijk H,Hermens HJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00