BACKGROUND An estimated 366 million people are living with diabetes worldwide and it is predicted that its prevalence will increase to 552 million by 2030. Management of this disease and its complications is a challenge for many countries. Optimal glycaemic control is necessary to minimize complications, but less than 70% of diabetic patients achieve target levels of blood glucose, partly due t...

BACKGROUND Decentralised services using outreach clinics or modern technology are methods to reduce both patient transports and costs to the healthcare system. Telemedicine consultations via videoconference are one such modality. Before new technologies are implemented, it is important to investigate both the quality of care given and the economic impact from the use of this new technology. The...

Background China has the largest numbers of cancer patients worldwide but has limited pathology resources. According to a survey done by Chinese Pathologists Association, a large number of pathologists in clinical practice in China has only one year of formal or informal training. Only in recent year, formal pathology residency programs similar to those of Western countries are available in a c...

AIMS To set up a network for remote consultation using static imaging telepathology via Internet connection between pathologists in different European countries, and to collect some numerical and subjective impressions on the usefulness of this form of telepathology. METHODS A static image remote consultation network between 11 pathologists in nine European countries was set up; all pathologi...

This paper describes the design and implementation of cyber video consultation systems(CVCS) using hybrid P2P for video consultation between remote sites. The proposed system is based on client-server and P2P(Peer to Peer) architecture, where client-server is used for communication with the MCU(Multipoint Control Unit) and P2P is used for the cyber video consultation. The developed video consul...

Aims—To set up a network for remote consultation using static imaging telepathology via Internet connection between pathologists in diVerent European countries, and to collect some numerical and subjective impressions on the usefulness of this form of telepathology. Methods—A static image remote consultation network between 11 pathologists in nine European countries was set up; all pathologists...

Aims—To set up a network for remote consultation using static imaging telepathology via Internet connection between pathologists in diVerent European countries, and to collect some numerical and subjective impressions on the usefulness of this form of telepathology. Methods—A static image remote consultation network between 11 pathologists in nine European countries was set up; all pathologists...

Registered nurses working in remote areas of Australia are often called remote area nurses (RANs). RANs have traditionally used models of client consultation designed for acute presentations and episodes of care. However, presentations to health care facilities in remote Australia are more likely to be chronic, complex, multi-system and multifactorial in origin and subsequent management. This p...