Understanding Dynamic Collaboration in Teleconsultation

Understanding Teleconsultation through Different Perspectives

Despite the several benefits that teleconsultation offers, its commercial acceptance has been relatively low. Through this work, we would like to contribute to a conceptual understanding of the needs and experiences of various people involved in a teleconsultation session, which we believe will open up new possibilities to design future technology for teleconsultations. As a starting point, we ...

Understanding the acceptance of teleconsultation technology in Malaysian government hospitals

Validation of a Digital Pathology Whole Slide Imaging System

Digital whole slide imaging (WSI) provides a complement to traditional histopathology assessments of glass tissue slides for toxicologic pathology. WSI allows users to view images of entire slide content, or selected fields at increasing magnifications, and to compare multiple slide images simultaneously. The technology incorporates robust image databases with metadata and search & retrieval ca...

Collaborative Information Seeking Behavior: Concepts and Theories

Background and Aim: Collaborative information seeking is an interaction among members of a group who purposefully try to access and share joint information. Although collaboration is a key component of information seeking behavior, but most of the studies in this area are focused on individual information seeking behavior and collaborative aspects are considered much less. As a result, there is...

Facilitating telemedicine project sustainability in medically underserved areas: a healthcare provider participant perspective

BACKGROUND Very few telemedicine projects in medically underserved areas have been sustained over time. This research furthers understanding of telemedicine service sustainability by examining teleconsultation projects from the perspective of healthcare providers. Drivers influencing healthcare providers' continued participation in teleconsultation projects and how projects can be designed to e...