abstract：:Videoconferencing to deliver asthma health education to patients or their parents has not been widely used in the USA. We used two 90 min interactive videoconferences to deliver an asthma education programme to a convenience sample of mainly Latino immigrant parents in the Bronx, New York. In these sessions short pres...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Reznik M,Sharif I,Ozuah PO

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Thirty nursing auxiliaries at a Brazilian hospital were trained in intramuscular injection at the ventrogluteal site in a lecture delivered by videoconference (over an IP connection at up to 512 kbit/s). Participants were able thereafter to practise on the same manikins used for demonstration during the lecture, until...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： de Godoy S,Costa Mendes IA,Hayashida M,Nogueira MS,Marchi Alves LM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated an accident and emergency teleconsultation service provided to 14 community hospitals in north-east Scotland. Each community hospital was equipped with a videoconferencing system and a document camera to allow transmission of radiographs. The network used 384 kbit/s ISDN connections. A total of 1392 telec...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Brebner EM,Brebner JA,Ruddick-Bracken H,Wootton R,Ferguson J,Palombo A,Pedley D,Rowlands A,Fraser S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2001 a radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system (RIS/PACS) was installed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Brisbane, with electronic image transfer links to other major hospitals in Queensland. An assessment study is being performed of the effect of the ready availability of...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Crowe B,Sim L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether the parents of burns patients could capture suitable clinical images with a digital camera and add the necessary text information to enable the paediatric burns team to provide follow-up care via email. Four families were involved in the study, each of whom sent regular email consultations for ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Johansen MA,Wootton R,Kimble R,Mill J,Smith A,Hockey A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oulu University Hospital has a Web-based multimedia medical record in use. One key element in the creation of regional e-health networks is an electronic referral letter and discharge letter service. In Oulu an XML messaging system is used for an integral part of the medical record. The service has now been extended t...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Reponen J,Marttila E,Paajanen H,Turula A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a shared-care tele-ophthalmology service initiated by the Rotterdam Eye Hospital and 10 optometrists working in retail optician stores. The optometrists screened their clients with a nerve fibre analyser and the resulting images were then further assessed by trained technicians at the hospital. We analyse...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： de Mul M,de Bont AA,Reus NJ,Lemij HG,Berg M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A distance continuing medical education programme was established at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven using multipoint videoconferencing via ISDN lines at 384 kbit/s. During each academic year, 24-26 sessions were organized. During the first three years, a questionnaire was completed by 29% of the 13,489 participant...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Himpens B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine and new media (e.g. the Internet, tele-teaching and tele-learning) are increasingly being used in medicine. We surveyed the awareness and acceptance of these developments on the part of medical students (n =750) at the University of Innsbruck. A 16-item questionnaire was handed out in randomly chosen medi...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Moser PL,Hager M,Lorenz IH,Sögner P,Schubert HM,Mikuz G,Kolbitsch C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of a video-phone network on peer support among frail elderly people living at home. We conducted a one-year trial of network formation among 14 people (five men and nine women, age range 78-85 years) through coordinator intervention and the use of ISDN video-phones. The purpose of the intervent...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Ezumi H,Ochiai N,Oda M,Saito S,Ago M,Fukuma N,Takenami S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the outcome of both realtime teleconsultations and face-to-face consultations in dermatology. Forty-six patients were enrolled in an open controlled study. Twenty-nine patients (60%) answered the questionnaire sent to them after six months. Over the six-month follow-up, similar proportions of the two pati...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Granlund H,Thoden CJ,Carlson C,Harno K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty burn wounds were assessed in person. The same observer later assessed them using digital images of different sizes. The file sizes tested were 2.25, 5.5 and 9 MByte per image. There was good agreement between the diagnoses of burn depth made using the digital images and those made in person, with kappa scores of...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Jones OC,Wilson DI,Andrews S

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:A portable nuclear medicine (NM) processing system was established in Kalgoorlie and an acute myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) service was provided for the local regional hospital. After scanning the patient, the data were processed on a laptop computer and JPEG images were transmitted to a secure Web server. A...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Tually P,Janssen J,Cowell S,Walker J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A distance continuing medical education programme was established at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium using multipoint videoconferencing via ISDN lines at 384 kbit/s. The sessions, held in the evening, comprised oral presentations followed by interactive questions and answers, and concluded with a multi-s...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Himpens B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1996 and 2003, a network of 85 telehealth videoconference sites was implemented in Western Australia (WA), together with 19 teleradiology facilities. Telehealth services have been growing steadily, and in 2002 there were over 30,000 teleradiology transmissions and 1250 clinical occasions of service via videoco...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Dillon E,Loermans J

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Three different, well established systems for e-referral were examined. They ranged from a system in a single country handling a large number of cases (60,000 per year) to a global system covering many countries which handled fewer cases (150 per year). Nonetheless, there appeared to be a number of common features. Wh...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Wootton R,Harno K,Reponen J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures associated with cardiology are heavily supported by diagnostic imaging technology. The management of such images, including radiographs, echocardiography examinations and cardiac angiography studies, requires a suitable means of handling the data. A number of manufacturers are now...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Crowe B,Hailey D

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of using telemedicine to provide geriatric services to residents of nursing homes. A local 200-bed nursing home supported by the community geriatric assessment team (CGAT) participated in a one-year study, during which videoconferencing was used to repla...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hui E,Woo J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current trend among many universities is to increase the number of courses available online. However, there are fundamental problems in transferring traditional education courses to virtual formats. Delivering current curricula in an online format does not assist in overcoming the negative effects on student motiv...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Tichon JG

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rehabilitation outreach team created evidence-based and peer-reviewed educational modules using standard desktop presentation software. Eighteen modules on various topics in physical rehabilitation were published in several formats, including Web pages, directly from the presentation file, for the benefit of health-...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Lemaire ED,Greene G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have piloted a monthly series of multidisciplinary case discussions via videoconference in the area of child development. The project provided a forum for clinical discussion of complex cases, peer review, professional development and networking for allied health professionals and paediatricians. Six sites in Queen...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Fitzgerald A,Bailey M,Smith AC,Webb K,Keating D,Klepper K,Gibney E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 1998 two neurologists and a professor of telemedicine met to solve a clinical problem--how to get neurological expertise to patients admitted acutely to hospitals which had no resident neurologist. Four years later, two new consultant neurologists were appointed in Northern Ireland with sessions in telemedici...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Patterson V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actual use of telehealth, particularly for clinical consultations, has in many cases been less than anticipated. The literature identifies a number of factors or barriers. These include legal issues, technical difficulties, time and convenience, cost and training/familiarity with the equipment. No single factor ha...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Walker J,Whetton S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-supervised call centre was used to allow oncology patients to contact their personal doctors 24 hours a day. Incoming patient calls to the centre were automatically routed to the doctor's mobile phone or office telephone. Over four years, an average of 407 calls were made each year, by an average of 274 oncology...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Ferrer-Roca O,Subirana R

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Since 2000, routine tele-ophthalmology services have been provided by St Erik's Eye Hospital to three large urban primary care centres in Stockholm. Diagnostic support from the specialist eye hospital to primary care centres uses video slit-lamps and realtime videoconferencing. After the initial introduction period at...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Blomdahl S,Calissendorff B,Jacobsson U

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：:We piloted a videoconferencing continuing medical education programme for rural physicians in Alberta and compared its feasibility, acceptability and cost implications with currently existing telephone conferencing and regional conference programmes. Videoconferencing clearly had advantages over telephone conferencing...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Davis P,McCracken P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Italian national telemedicine programme included a broad range of research projects, but they all served the common purpose of bringing about improvements in health-care management and performance. The programme consisted of seven projects, each of which had specific research and training objectives, and a three-y...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Ricci FL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Videoconferencing was introduced in the Queensland health service in 1995. By the end of 1999, there were more than 150 videoconferencing units in health facilities around the state. Six audits of videoconferencing usage were conducted using similar methodology at six-month intervals from November 1997 to May 2000. Be...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Kennedy C,Blignault I,Hornsby D,Yellowlees P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In July 1998, a telemedicine link was established between the Venizelio General Hospital in Crete and the Paediatric Cardiology Department of the Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital in Athens. The telemedicine link used ISDN at 384 kbit/s for diagnosis, management and education in congenital heart disease. Over 18 months...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Tsilimigaki A,Maraka S,Tsekoura T,Agelakou V,Vekiou A,Paphitis C,Thanopoulos V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A telemedicine link was installed between a mining town in Western Australia and clinical specialists in Perth, about 1800 km away. Standard commercial videoconferencing units connected by ISDN at 128 kbit/s were used. During a two-year period, 90 teleconsultations were carried out. About one-third of the injuries to ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Bowater M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their remoteness, the majority of rural towns in Australia are disadvantaged in terms of access to dermatological services. Telemedicine offers one solution. Since the mid-1990s, Australian dermatologists have experimented with telemedicine as an adjunct to clinical practice. The technical viability of tele...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Lim AC,See AC,Shumack SP

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Desktop videoconferencing at 384 kbit/s was used for a trial of tele-ophthalmology consultations between a general practitioner (GP) and an experienced ophthalmologist. Forty-two consecutive patients from St Erik's Eye Hospital emergency ward with disorders in the anterior part of the eye were examined. There was an e...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Blomdahl S,Marén N,Lof R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of telemedicine to improve services for patients suffering from coronary heart disease (CHD) was explored. Key issues surrounding the delivery of CHD services in London were identified, such as a shortage of skilled staff, the need for appropriate patient information and problems with waiting times, part...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Clough K,Mallinson M,Jardine I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00