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Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Historical Notes on Telemedicine |
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1.4 Trials and Tribulations |
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1.5 Standards and National Initiatives |
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1.7 Trauma, Disaster, and Emergency Applications |
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1.9 The Challenge of Evidence |
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Chapter 2 Evolution of Telemedicine in the Space Program and Earth Applications |
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2.3 Support for Human Spaceflight |
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2.4 Earth-Based Endeavors |
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2.5 Disaster Response---Global Health |
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2.5.1 Spacebridge to Armenia |
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2.5.2 Spacebridge to Moscow |
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2.6 Commercial Interactions |
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Chapter 3 Trauma and Disasters as a Worldwide Problem: An Overview |
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3.5 War and Conflict-Related Injury Epidemiology |
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3.6 Landmines and Unexploded Devices as a Worldwide Problem |
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3.7 Long-Term Consequences of Disasters |
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Chapter 4 Communication Technologies: An Overview of Telemedicine Connectivity |
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4.2 Data Communications Networks |
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4.3 Telemedicine Communications Modes |
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4.3.1 Store-and-Forward Telemedicine |
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4.3.2 Real-Time Telemedicine |
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4.4.1 Plain Old Telephone Service |
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4.4.2 Integrated Services Digital Network |
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4.4.3 Digital Subscriber Line |
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4.4.7 Cellular/Mobile Broadband |
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4.5 Network Management and Technical Personnel |
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Chapter 5 Videoconferencing as a Clinical Tool for Surgeons |
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5.3 VC for Surgical Education |
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5.4 VC in Multidisciplinary Teams |
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5.5 VC in Trauma and Emergency Medicine |
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5.6 VC in Follow-Up After Surgery |
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5.7 VC for Surgical Telementoring |
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Chapter 6 Wireless Technologies: Potential Use in Emergencies and Disasters |
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6.2 Wireless Technologies in Medical Environments |
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6.3 Wireless Sensors for Medical Monitoring |
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6.3.1 Sensor Nodes and Hardware Designs |
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6.4 Multiaccess Protocol for Wireless Sensors |
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6.5 Implementation of Wireless Biosensors in Emergency and Disaster Events |
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6.5.1 Comparisons of Telemedicine Systems |
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6.5.2 Databases, Software Programs, and Monitoring |
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Chapter 7 Interactive Video Communication and Medical Telepresence and Their Role in Trauma, Emergencies, and Disaster Management |
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7.2 Technology and Modules |
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7.3 Networks and Services for Interactive Video Communication and Medical Telepresence |
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7.3.1 Generic Advanced Low-Cost Trans-European Network Over Satellite (GALENOS) |
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7.3.2 Medical Assistance for Ships (MEDASHIP) |
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7.3.3 Euro-Mediterranean Internet-Satellite Platform for Health, Medical Education, and Research (EMISPHER) |
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7.4 The Role of Interactive Video Communication and Medical Telepresence in Trauma, Emergencies, and Disaster Management |
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7.5 Disaster Emergency Logistic Telemedicine Advanced Satellites System (DELTASS) |
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7.5.1 Functional Architecture |
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7.5.2 Interactive Telemedical Services for Medical Telepresence |
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7.5.3 Interactive Live Teleconsultations |
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7.5.4 Live Telemonitoring During Triage |
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7.5.5 Live Telesonography |
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7.5.7 Interactive Virtual Reality Simulation |
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7.5.8 Interactive Telemicrobiology |
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7.5.9 Internet Access and Consultation of External Databases |
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Chapter 8 Telemedicine and Telesurgery in Remote Conditions |
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8.4 The Full Electronic Medical Staff |
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8.5 The Information at Point of Need |
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8.7 Information Management |
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8.8 Robots and Mechanical Assistants |
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8.9 Telementoring and Just-in-Time Learning |
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Chapter 9 Monitoring and Support in Remote and Extreme Environments |
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9.1.2 Supporting Technologies |
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9.2 Satellites and Their Orbits |
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9.2.1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) |
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9.2.2 Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) |
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9.2.3 Geostationary Orbit (GEO) |
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9.3 Distress Alarm and Emergency Location System: Cospas/Sarsat |
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9.4 Tracking System ARGOS |
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9.4.1 Other Tracking and Location Systems |
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9.5 Navigation and Geolocation |
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9.6.2 Airborne Remote Sensing |
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9.7.4 Signal Propagation and Special Considerations |
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9.9.1 Integrated Monitoring---The Rationale |
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9.9.2 Wearable Sensor Arrays |
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9.10 Special Considerations |
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Chapter 10 Establishing Clinical Protocols and Standards: The Military Approach |
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10.2 The Need for Standardization and Its Limitations |
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10.3 NATO and Its Standardization Program |
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10.4 What Can/Should Be Standardized? |
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10.5 Standardization of Clinical Care |
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10.6 Technical Standardization/Specifications |
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10.7 Operational Standards/Business Practices: Bringing Order Out of Chaos |
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10.8 Geopolitical Changes and the NATO Standardization Program |
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10.9 The NATO Standardization Process |
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10.10 Standardization as Applied to Telemedicine |
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10.11 The Standardization Work of NATO's Telemedicine Expert Team |
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10.12 Success and Failure |
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Chapter 11 Telemedicine in Extreme Conditions: Disasters, War, and Remote Sites |
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11.2 Military Telemedicine |
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Chapter 12 Operational Use of U.S. Army Telemedicine Information Systems in Iraq and Afghanistan---Considerations for NATO Operations |
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12.2 U.S. Army Theater Teleconsult Program |
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12.2.1 Quality Management |
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12.2.2 Consultant Responsibility |
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12.3 NATO Program Expansion |
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12.4 Experience with NATO Use of the System |
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12.6 Lessons Learned/Summary |
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Chapter 13 Telemedicine in Extreme Conditions Using a Low-Bandwidth Portable Satellite: The Amazon Swim Expedition |
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13.3 Daily Virtual Rounds and Program Description |
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13.4 Health Report Card on the Expedition |
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Chapter 14 Telehealth in Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Assistance |
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14.2 Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine Foundations |
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14.3 Applications of Telehealth in Disaster Medicine |
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14.4 Clinical Applications |
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14.5 Administrative Applications |
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14.6 Technical Considerations |
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14.7 Core Technical Infrastructure |
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14.7.1 Telecommunications |
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14.11 Anatomy of an Idealized Telehealth System for Disaster Medical Applications |
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Chapter 15 Interhospital Telemedicine Practices |
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Chapter 16 Prehospital Telemedicine---Digital Ambulances |
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16.2 ER Link Policies and Protocol |
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16.4 ER Link Call Quality |
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16.5.3 The Clinical Benefit |
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16.5.4 Perception of ER Link Users |
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16.5.5 Third-Party Additions |
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Chapter 17 Telemedicine for Trauma and Emergency Care Management |
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17.2 The Case for Teletrauma in Disaster Response |
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17.3 Disparity in Trauma Care |
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17.4 Limited Information from the Rural Hospitals |
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17.5 Teletrauma Expectations |
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17.7 Current Teletrauma Programs |
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17.9 Interhospital Teletrauma |
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17.11 Sustainability of Teletrauma Programs |
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17.12 Communications for Supporting Medical Care in the Aftermath of Disasters |
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17.13 Disaster Access and Management |
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Chapter 18 Telemedicine in Stroke |
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18.2 Telestroke Systematic Review |
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18.3 Telestroke Technology and Services |
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18.4 Telestroke Hub-and-Spoke Model Characteristics |
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18.5 Telestroke Team Roles and Responsibilities |
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18.6 Telestroke Consultation |
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18.8 Telestroke Licensure and Credentialing |
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18.9 Telestroke Medical Liability |
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18.10 Telestroke Economic Issues |
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18.11 Telestroke State Network Development---Description of the Stroke Telemedicine for Arizona Rural Residents (STARR) Network: The Critical Steps |
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18.12 Telestroke Consultative Modes: Telemedicine Versus Telephone |
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18.13 Telestroke Evidence |
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18.14 Telestroke Networks |
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18.15 Telestroke and Beyond: Telemedicine in the Neurosciences |
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Chapter 19 Telemedicine for Burns |
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19.2 Modern Problems in Burn Treatment: The U.S. Experience |
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19.2.1 The Burden of Burn Injury: United States |
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19.2.3 Access to Comprehensive Care |
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19.2.4 Problems in Acute Burn Care |
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19.2.5 The Threat of Mass Casualties |
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19.3 International Experience |
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19.4 Historical Use of Telemedicine for Burn Care |
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19.4.1 U.S.-Based Efforts |
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19.4.2 Expanding Technology: Digital Cameras and Electronic Mail |
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19.4.3 Telemedicine and Other Wound Care |
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19.4.4 International Burn Telemedicine |
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19.4.5 Military and Disaster Telemedicine |
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19.5 Potential Problems in the Development of Telemedicine for Burn Care |
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19.5.2 Practical Barriers to Telemedicine: Accuracy of Images for Burns |
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19.5.3 Other Practical Barriers |
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19.5.4 Changing the Culture of Medicine |
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19.6 Other Uses of Telemedicine Technology in Burn Care |
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19.7 Current and Future Trends in Burn Telemedicine |
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Chapter 20 Telemedicine in Orthopedics |
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20.2 Outpatient Services for Orthopedic Conditions |
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20.3 Trauma and Emergency Services for Orthopedic Conditions |
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20.4 Telesurgery for Orthopedic Conditions |
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20.5 Telerehabilitation for Orthopedic Conditions |
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20.6 Challenges and Barriers |
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Chapter 21 Telemedicine in Intensive Care Units |
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21.2 Drivers for Telemedicine and the Tele-ICU |
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21.4 Process of Tele-ICU-Based Medical Care |
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21.4.1 The Centralized Tele-ICU System |
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21.4.2 Physical Plant/Structure |
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21.4.6 Communications Architecture |
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21.5 The Decentralized Tele-ICU System |
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21.5.1 Physical Plant/Structure |
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21.5.5 Communications Architecture |
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21.6 Provision of Care: Continuous, Preemptive, Scheduled, Reactive, or Consultative |
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21.7 Continuous Care Model |
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21.8 The Preemptive/Scheduled Care Model |
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21.9 The Reactive Tele-ICU Care Model |
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21.10 The Consultative Tele-ICU Care Model |
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21.11 Outcomes Literature Review |
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21.12 Elements Limiting Greater Adoption of the Tele-ICU |
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21.12.1 Cost as a Limitation to Greater Adoption |
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21.12.2 Cost: High-Ticket Items, Centralized Tele-ICU Model |
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21.12.3 Cost: Alternative Tele-ICU Models |
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21.13 Litigation as a Limiter to Greater Adoption |
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21.14 Physician Resistance to Adoption |
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21.15 Corporate Penetration: As of 2010 |
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Chapter 22 Informatics in Disaster, Terrorism, and War |
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22.2 Informatics in Disaster Response |
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22.3 Informatics in Terrorism |
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Chapter 23 Sociotechnical and Organizational Challenges to Wide E-Health Implementation |
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23.2 E-Health and Telemedicine: Background |
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23.3 The Role of Different Countries |
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23.4 E-Health and Telemedicine: The Pros and Cons |
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23.5 E-Health and Telemedicine: Implementation |
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23.6 E-Health and Telemedicine: Standardization |
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23.7 E-Health and Telemedicine: Economical Aspects |
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23.8 E-Health and Telemedicine: Present and Future Clinical Applications |
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359 | (4) |
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Chapter 24 Educational Aspects of Telemedicine for Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Management |
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363 | (1) |
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24.2 The Role of Education in Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Management |
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364 | (1) |
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24.7 Legal and Credentialing Issues |
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24.8 Types of Content That Can Be Distributed Through Tele-Education |
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366 | (1) |
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24.9 Quality and Outcomes |
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367 | (1) |
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24.10 Business Processes and Clinical Work Flow |
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367 | (2) |
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24.11 Establishing a Telemedicine Program |
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24.12 Issues Specific to Each Discipline |
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369 | (2) |
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24.12.2 Tele-Emergency Care |
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Chapter 25 Keeping Up with Industry Development in Telemedicine |
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25.2 Growth of the Telemedicine Industry |
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373 | (2) |
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25.3 Technology Infrastructure for Telemedicine, Especially Teletrauma |
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375 | (2) |
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25.4 Integration and Management of Healthcare Records for the Telemedicine Environment |
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25.5 Dissemination of Healthcare Information |
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380 | (2) |
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25.6 Development of Multitiered Strategic Services |
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25.7 Other Barriers to Telemedicine |
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383 | (2) |
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385 | (4) |
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385 | (3) |
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List of Acronyms |
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Glossary |
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About the Editor |
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List of Contributors |
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Index |
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