Telehealth - the delivery of health services and clinical information from a distance - has reached new levels with the communication revolution of the last decade: consumer videoconferencing, mobile devices, high bandwidth infrastructure and close range wireless sensor networks have made many advances possible in the field. New specialized clinical applications and markets have also emerged. These include tele-homecare, tele-rehabilitation and tele-emergency, surveillance and disaster response, while ideas which once seemed futuristic, such as tele-procedures and tele-surgery, are w seen as being within the realms of possibility. This book contains selected papers from the 2010 Global Telehealth conference, hosted by the Australasian Telehealth Society. They cover a broad spectrum, from successfully completed projects to work in progress. The papers chosen for publication are all deemed to have lasting value, and to capture the international diversity and scope of contemporary telehealth developments. Two aspects which remain elusive in advancing telehealth deployment, both in developed countries and the developing world, are widely accepted evidence for the clinical and ecomic benefits of telehealth and the development of policy and business modeling drivers which will speed their adoption. The studies presented here exemplify precisely the type of work required to overcome these obstacles and the book will be of interest to all those involved in advancing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare throughout the world.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
iOS Press, iOS Press,US
ISBN-10
1607506580
ISBN-13
9781607506584
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216941703
Product Key Features
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Medical Nursing & Ancillary Services
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Amsterdam
Issn
0926-9630
Edited by
A. J. Maeder, A. C. Smith
Series Part/Volume Number
V. 161
Series Title
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Content Note
Illustrations
Date of Publication
01/11/2010
Country of Publication
United States
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