[Ict4devwg] Book: TELEHEALTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

[Vern Weitzel]

http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-136734-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

TELEHEALTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

Edited by Richard Wootton, Nivritti G. Patil, Richard E. Scott, and Kendall Ho

Royal Society of Medicine Press/IDRC 2009
ISBN 978-1-85315-784-4
e-ISBN 978-1-55250-396-6
324 pp.



Health care is primarily about people-to-people interactions. It is about 
understanding, diagnosis, physical contact, communication, and, ultimately, 
providing care. By bringing people together, telecommunication technologies have 
the potential to improve both the quality of and access to health care in the 
remotest areas of the developing world. Telemedicine offers solutions for 
emergency medical assistance, long-distance consultation, administration and 
logistics, supervision and quality assurance, and education and training for 
healthcare professionals and providers.

This book aims to redress the relative lack of published information on 
successful telehealth solutions in the developing world. It presents real-life 
stories from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It is rich in practical experience 
and will be of interest to health professionals, development workers, and 
e-health and telehealth proponents interested in learning about, or contributing 
to the implementation of, appropriate solutions for 80% of the world’s population.

THE EDITORS

Richard Wootton is Director of the Scottish Centre for Telehealth, Honorary 
Professor at the University of Queensland (Australia), and Professor at the 
University of Aberdeen (UK). Nivritti G. Patil is Professor of Surgery and 
Assistant Dean (Education and Student Affairs) at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of 
Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. Richard E. Scott is Associate Professor 
at the Global e-Health Research and Training Program, Health Innovation and 
Information Technology Centre, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty 
of Medicine, University of Calgary (Canada). Kendall Ho is Associate Professor 
of Emergency Medicine and Director of the e-Health Strategy Office in the 
Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (Canada).