List of contributors
Foreword to the first edition
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
SECTION ONE: BACKGROUND
1. Introduction to the practice of telemedicine
2. Telemedicine systems and communication
SECTION TWO: TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS
3. Prerecorded telemedicine
4. Realtime telemedicine
5. Tele-education
SECTION THREE: HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT TELEMEDICINE
6. Defining the needs of a telemedicine service
7. Successfully developing a telemedicine system
8. Evaluating telemedicine systems and services
9. How to do a telemedicine consultation
SECTION FOUR: OTHER ASPECTS OF TELEMEDICINE
10. Benefits and drawbacks of telemedicine
11. Legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine
12. Sources of information on telemedicine
13. Telemedicine in the future
14. Conclusion
Index
Richard Wootton
Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia
John Craig
Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Victor Patterson
Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast; Centre
for Online Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia
The Medical Journal of Australia Now in its second edition, this revised text meets a growing need for a straightforward overview of telemedicine...the authors are explicit about the health services dimension...indeed most useful for an audience of health care workers considering telemedicine...It is pragmatic and even-handed, and the reader comes away with an appreciation of the realities of integrating telemedicine with routine care.
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