Integrated health care and telemedicine
Siriginidi Subba Rao
(Siriginidi Subba Rao is Head at the Information Technology Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, India.)
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Abstract
Briefly discusses the impact of information technology on medicine and health care. Introduces the concept of an integrated health information system, and details its functions and its benefits, especially for developing countries. Defines telemedicine and describes its origin, scope and functioning. Details its advantages, namely the expansion and export of skills, and explains its use in fetal telemedicine, teleendoscopy, telemedical education and telepathology.
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Citation
Subba Rao, S. (2001), "Integrated health care and telemedicine", Work Study, Vol. 50 No. 6, pp. 222-229. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006034
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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