Introduction : Since the beginning of Coronavirus disease2019 (COVID-19), hospitals and health centres have become sites potential contamination spread virus, had to reorganize their working environments limit infections patients care providers while continuing render services for those affected by other ailments. The purpose study was conduct a descriptive assess practice telemedicine among Ca...

OBJECTIVE: To explore the subjective experiences of student circus arts performers with atraumatic shoulder instability undertaking a 12-week rehabilitation program during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, in Melbourne, Australia. METHODS: Using qualitative design, 14 students from National Institute Circus Arts (Australia) were individually interviewed via teleconsultation. All interviews recorded, ...

Tile-Ippokratis proposed an integrated platform for the provision of low-cost ehealth services to citizens in southeast Mediterranean area (Island of Chios and Cyprus). The aim of the paper is to present the architecture, the design, and the evaluation results of this platform. The platform based on already evaluated state-of-the-art mobile ehealth systems and using wireless and terrestrial tel...

BACKGROUND The virtual microscopy is widely accepted in Pathology for educational purposes and teleconsultation but is far from the routine use in surgical pathology due to the technical requirements and some limitations. A technical problem is the limited bandwidth of a usual network and the delayed transmission rate and presentation time on the screen. METHODS In this study the process of s...

Recipients of cochlear implants need to attend regular mapping sessions to adjust their speech processors. We developed a PC-based system for remote mapping, which employed voice, video and text communication. Eleven implant recipients had their implant electrodes programmed (mapped) both by conventional methods and remotely. Speech tests, conducted by a family member or research assistant, wer...

PROBLEM The Brazilian population lacks equitable access to specialized health care and diagnostic tests, especially in remote municipalities, where health professionals often feel isolated and staff turnover is high. Telehealth has the potential to improve patients' access to specialized health care, but little is known about it in terms of cost-effectiveness, access to services or user satisfa...

BACKGROUND The current model of general practitioner referral of patients to hospital specialists in the UK is sometimes associated with unnecessary duplication of investigations and treatments. We aimed to compare joint teleconsultations between general practitioners, specialists, and patients (virtual outreach) with standard outpatient referral. METHODS Virtual outreach services were establ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to perform a cost-minimization analysis of a wide-area teleradiology network. DESIGN A prospective analysis of all transmissions over 1 year (data transmitted at the time of the remote consultation, and health outcomes of patients from medical record). INTERVENTION The inter-hospital teleradiology network of the Aquitaine area (RIHRA) is a telemedici...

The availability of health care attention at the point of need is one of the key benefits of telemedicine. Home environment and working place are the two scenarios selected in this article to evaluate the impact of a televisit and teleconsultation service. 31 users from four different medical and patient groups participated in this study supported by European Commission ATTRACT project. The exp...