In this update of the 1999 edition, Wootton (U. of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) and international specialists introduce the burgeoning field variously known as telemedicine, telehealth, online or e-health. Not a new branch of medicine or a panacea, telemedicine is a "health-for-all" strategy utilizing information and telecommunications technologies to provide services by moving information rather than the patient. In 14 chapters, authors treat the field's development; technological and clinical components; how to conduct a telemedical consultation; e-education; and legal/ ethical, and medical and cost outcome evaluation aspects. Illustrations feature realtime service delivery modes. U.S. distribution is by BookMasters. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The second edition of this introductory guide to telemedicine and telecare services will be an invaluable guide to students and new practitioners in this growing and developing field of medicine. In rural and sparsely populated countries, telemedicine can be a vital and life-saving link in health care. In those countries where demands on hospitals is ever growing, telecare can provide a safe and comfortable alternative to hospital based therapy. This updated book will help you to assess the need for a service and how it can be implemented.
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The second edition of Introduction to Telemedicine provides an accessible insight into informatics and allows health care professionals to assess how telemedicine might be applied to their working practice ... The text has an international flavour, with numerous examples of how telemedicine is used in the United States, Australia and Scandinavia. Nursing Standard
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. The Medical Journal of Australia
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
