期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science Issues
印刷版ISSN：1694-0784
电子版ISSN：1694-0814
出版年度：2013
卷号：10
期号：6
出版社：IJCSI Press
摘要：Telemedicine is a health-care delivery concept that enables distant patients especially in rural areas to be examined by the physicians using telecommunications technologies. It is given that majority of population dwells in rural areas in developing countries that represent the largest patient base of variety of health issues. Access to basic healthcare, doctors, and treatment is hardly reachable. Telemedicine has gained tremendous popularity in developing countries where rural population is deprived access to even basic healthcare. Presently telemedicine is proving extremely viable and feasible solution reaching out to rural population and bridging disparity in quality and access to healthcare between urban and rural regions. The telemedicine market has witnessed spectacular growth lately mainly because of convergence Information technology Communication Healthcare. This paper examines the current state of telemedicine in developing countries. It further discusses telemedicine implementation cases, lessons learned from the cases, and concludes with potential researchable critical success factors that account for the growth and modest successes of telemedicine. The paper also briefly discusses about the advancements in implementation of telemedicine in developed nations.
关键词：ICT; Telemedicine; Telemedicine implementation; e;Health; Health Care Quality; Telemedicine Technologies; Telemedicine Communication.
