abstract：:We evaluated user satisfaction with realtime telemedicine for monitoring vital signs. Over eight weeks, 20 patients and 12 residents in family medicine participated in the study. At the end of the study, the patients and doctors completed a questionnaire detailing satisfaction with the service. Responses were obtained...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Bratton RL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) Sickle Cell Center in Augusta, Georgia, USA, provides consultation and (in some cases) primary-care services to more than 1000 patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Three SCD telemedicine clinic sites were established in rural areas of middle and southern Georgia, based on clini...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Woods KF,Johnson JA,Kutlar A,Daitch L,Stachura ME

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:We carried out a study to explore the potential of telemedicine and telecare to improve health-care for the population served by a health centre based in Deptford in south-east London. A wide range of potentially useful telemedicine and telecare applications was identified, nine of which could provide some immediate b...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Jardine I,Clough K,Navein J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine is a new field and many health-care providers are developing their own products with the help of industry. Most practitioners are novices in the legal tools necessary to protect their own work with regard to any future commercialization. To summarize these issues for the telemedicine practitioner, a revie...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Beauregard D,Beauregard G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of telemedicine poses new legal challenges for Canada's health-care system. Although telemedicine increases access, it does not fit easily into Canada's traditional one-tier approach to health-care. Cross-border telemedicine services may inadvertently contribute to a two-tier system. The current legal syste...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Bailey M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine embraces the concept of global health-care. In order to realize the internationalization of the practice of medicine, licensing issues need to be addressed. Most countries have their own regulations on licensing to protect the patient and ensure high-quality care. International licensing regulations are l...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Nohr LE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical effectiveness and costs of telemedicine in improving the referral process from primary to secondary care were examined in an eight-month prospective, comparative study with one-year follow-up. The internal-medicine outpatient clinics of two Finnish district hospitals were compared--Peijas Hospital (PH) wi...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Harno K,Paavola T,Carlson C,Viikinkoski P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-four dermatologists in private practice in Bavaria were surveyed by postal questionnaire. Of the 45 who responded (a 54% response rate), 96% used a computer in their private practice. Fifty-seven per cent of respondents owned systems with Pentium processors, while 23% were still using 386 or 486 processors. Mos...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Glaessl A,Schiffner R,Walther T,Landthaler M,Stolz W

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transtelephonic transmission of electrocardiograms (ECGs) was introduced in Slovenia in 1996 and has been used regularly since September 1997 by health institutions and patients with cardiovascular diseases. Portable 12-channel ECG equipment weighing less than 200 g is generally used. The diagnostic centre is loca...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Gorjup V,Jazbec A,Gersak B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a distributed visualization of the operation of a reovirus. This visualization allows several groups of users at different locations to view how the virus behaves in normal and cancer cells. The users at each location can interact with the visualization and the other users. The techniques used to ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Green M,Bowman D,Goulden D,Rittenhouse D,Sun H,White L

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established a telerehabilitation system to link staff at the University of Alberta with clinicians and students located in Two Hills, a rural community approximately 180 km east of Edmonton. From February 1996 to March 1999, the faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine conducted a total of 254 telehealth sessions, most o...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Liu L,Miyazaki M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effectiveness of two methods of patient education, a printed manual and a Website, provided to patients waiting for cardiac surgery. The four-phase study was conducted over two and a half years, and included urban and rural subjects in Vancouver and the interior of British Columbia. The Website was bas...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Scherrer-Bannerman A,Fofonoff D,Minshall D,Downie S,Brown M,Leslie F,McGowan P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

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：:We evaluated the performance of an experimental teleradiology system based on a high-speed ATM backbone network. Image acquisition, transmission and the disk-to-display processing times were measured. Computerized tomography (CT) scans printed on 14 inch x 17 inch (36 cm x 43 cm) films were digitized and transferred o...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Kato K,Shimamoto K,Ishigaki T,Niimi R,Ishiguchi T,Mimura T,Yamauchi K,Ikeda M,Iwata A

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:The Internet is a potentially inexpensive, widely available medium for telepathology, but there are concerns about its reliability and security. Using a digital camera, 41 photomicrographs of transbronchial biopsies, at x 100 optical magnification, were captured and digitized at 2700 x 3400 pixel, 24 bit/pixel resolut...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Strauss JS,Felten CL,Okada DH,Marchevsky AM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine may be useful in the delivery of clinical psychology services in the Highlands of Scotland, where geographical size and sociodemographic factors can hinder service delivery. The Highlands have a population of 210,000 at a density of approximately 8 people/km2, one of the lowest in the European Union. Desp...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Freir V,Kirkwood K,Peck D,Robertson S,Scott-Lodge L,Zeffert S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the USA, children in low-income, medically understaffed areas have difficulty accessing health care. A pilot telemedicine service was established in Kansas, linking four elementary schools with a local hospital at 128 kbit/s. PC-based videoconferencing systems, a stethoscope, an otoscope and fax machine were instal...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Whitten PS,Cook DJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the health status of the population of a small Greek island was collected. The information consisted of personal data, clinical history, physical examination, blood pressure evaluation, electrocardiography, and ultrasound scans of neck, breast and abdomen. Ninety-six per cent of the entire island popula...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Balestri R,Cavina E,Aliferis A,Goletti O,Rocci R,Lippolis PV,Zocco G,Franceschi M,Cotrozzi A,Economou S,Christofidis E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustainable telemedicine networks are not the norm but rather the exception. Unless a formal programme management model is in place, telemedicine cannot be integrated successfully into the mainstream of modern health care. Critical factors in achieving sustainable telemedicine have been identified. The programme manag...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Campbell T,Martel RF

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a four-month pilot study of telemedicine for the delivery of training and diagnostic ultrasound services for general practitioners (GPs). Two health centres and a district general hospital were linked using ISDN (128 kbit/s) and PC-based videoconferencing units. Sixteen videoconferencing sessions were c...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hussain P,Melville D,Mannings R,Curry D,Kay D,Ford P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prison inmates were surveyed about their perceptions of the use of videoconferencing in clinical consultations. A 14-item questionnaire was used to assess satisfaction with the patient-physician clinical interaction. Of the 299 inmates surveyed immediately after their teleconsultations, 221 completed questionnaires th...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Mekhjian H,Turner JW,Gailiun M,McCain TA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article deals with research which attempts to demonstrate the value of health care delivered via telemedicine. A great variety of telemedicine services have been proposed. Much of the published work concentrates on the power of the technology and the content and quality of interaction it supports. There are other...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Taylor P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An emergency ambulance was equipped with three video-cameras and a system for transmitting slow-scan video-pictures through a cellular telephone link to a hospital accident and emergency department. Video-pictures were trasmitted at a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and a frame rate of 15 pictures/min. In addition, a h...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Curry GR,Harrop N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of telemedicine brings with it the risk that the human factor--the teleconsultant--will fail to reach the standard of care that the law requires of medical professionals. It also brings the risk that the telemedical equipment or system will fail at a crucial moment. Such risks, of course, are inherent in many ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Stanberry B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The international telemedicine conference Chinese TeleMed 96 was held in November 1996. This three-way teleconference included delegates in London (where the international telemedicine conference TeleMed 96 was taking place) and medical staff from one Beijing hospital and one Hong Kong medical faculty. In total, over ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hjelm NM,Lee JC,Li AK,Hazlett CB

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of different costs associated with the development and operation of telemedicine services. A model is proposed in order to assist in strengthening the evidence base for telemedicine. It includes the following components: project establishment costs; equipment costs; maintenance costs; communication ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Crowe BL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the value of the Austrian Academic Computer Network (ACOnet) for teleradiology, 1740 test image data-sets and 620 image data-sets were exchanged between the departments of diagnostic radiology of the Universities of Innsbruck and Graz using the ACOnet service. Data transmission was reliable and fast with an a...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Giacomuzzi SM,Springer P,Stöger A,Dessl A,Buchberger W,Bodner G,Bale R,Schreder JG,Gell G,Jaschke W

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The prevention of falls in the elderly could be based on risk assessment and the prediction of when an individual is likely to sustain an injury. A telecare system should allow the dynamic assessment of risk to be produced by a control centre computer, based on data transmitted from local sensors in the elderly person...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Doughty K,Cameron K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of an advanced communication network for education has been an integral part of practice at the Mayo Clinic since 1986. The network has been used for patient care, research coordination and administrative support, as well as for educational programming. In 1994, 2655 hours were broadcast by satellite. There we...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Tangalos EG,McGee R,Bigbee AW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty consecutive cases of melanocytic lesions were chosen from the archives of the archives of the institute of Anatomic Pathology at Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento. Representative images were acquired at a spatial resolution of 512 x 512 pixels, saved in IPEG format and delivered to the remote pathologist by multime...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Della Mea V,Puglisi F,Forti S,Delendi M,Boi S,Mauri F,Dalla Palma P,Beltrami CA

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Elderly individuals involved in a home telenursing project were studied. The project nurses provided home health services from 'telenursing cockpits' located in three separate sites in Kansas. A cable television-based interactive video system was used to transmit video pictures at 30 frames/s, with 288 horizontal line...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Whitten P,Mair F,Collins B

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Searches were conducted of two legal databases dealing with civil law in Austria. The searches produced 12 references relevant to telemedicine, which were obtained from a university legal library. From the literature, it can be concluded that Austrian civil regulations are sufficient to clarify the questions of liabil...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Mairinger T,Netzer T,Gschwendtner A,Markl C

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of people with pacemakers has been steadily increasing over the past 20 years. At present there are about 2,500,000 in the world. All these patients must have a checkup twice a year in hospital, which involves the allocation of significant resources by the national health systems, not to speak of the inconv...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Barbaro V,Bartolini P,Bernarducci R

更新日期：1997-01-01 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