Telemedicine, Telehealth and Telepresence
Principles, Strategies, Applications, and New Directions
Editors: Latifi, Rifat, Doarn, MBA, Charles R., Merrell, Ronald C. (Eds.)
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- Provides a simple, make-sense approach in one tome
- Chapters written by the best experts in the field from around the world
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Telemedicine and telehealth have consistently been shown to be effective for remote areas or limited-resource locations, regular medical and surgical practice, primary care, second opinion, extreme conditions, major crises, and disaster management. The aim of this book is to bring all aspects of telemedicine and e-health to the reader, in a simple, make-sense approach, in one tome. The book is structured in four parts with 29 chapters written by the best experts in the field from around the world, including clinicians, scientists, and administrators of telemedicine programs. Part I deals with basic principles of telemedicine and telepresence. Historical journeys of telemedicine and strategies, building sustainable telemedicine and telehealth programs in the United States and in the Balkans, as well as incorporation of telemedicine in the current ongoing pandemic COVID-19 are well described and are must read. Current technological developments, rules and regulations, legal and business aspects and consent are also addressed. Part II describes strategies for building sustainable telemedicine and telehealth programs. Telehealth patient portals and public-private partnership modes of technology, as well the role of international telemedicine and how to make it work, are valuable chapters of great significance. Part III describes outcomes-based evidence clinical applications of telemedicine in trauma, burns, intensive care, pediatric care, psychiatry, and stroke. Finally, one important chapter for the readers is the telemedicine for prison and jail population. The final part, Part IV depicts surgical telementoring and teleproctoring, a chapter written by 18 various surgical experts, a true gem for the readers. The book ends with promises and hurdles of telemedicine in austere conditions. Telemedicine, Telehealth and Telepresence serves as a valuable resource that focuses on providing patients care from a distance using store and forward technology to live actual performance of operations at a distance.
- About the authors
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Rifat LatifiDepartment of SurgeryWestchester Medical Center and New York Medical CollegeValhalla, NYUSA
Charles R. DoarnDepartment of Environmental and Public Health SciencesUniversity of CincinnatiCincinnati, OHUSA
Ronald C. MerrellVirginia Commonwealth UniversityMentone, ALUSA
- Table of contents (29 chapters)
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First Trainees: The Golden Anniversary of the Early History of Telemedicine Education at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard (1968–1970)
Pages 3-18
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Initiate-Build-Operate-Transfer (IBOT) Strategy Twenty Years Later: Tales from the Balkans and Africa
Pages 19-42
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Clinical Telemedicine Practice: From Ad Hoc Medicine to Modus Operandi
Pages 43-49
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Incorporation of Telemedicine in Disaster Management: Beyond the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pages 51-61
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Telemedicine and Health Information Exchange: An Opportunity for Integration
Pages 63-76
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Telemedicine, Telehealth and Telepresence
- Book Subtitle
- Principles, Strategies, Applications, and New Directions
- Editors
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- Rifat Latifi
- Charles R. Doarn, MBA
- Ronald C. Merrell
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-56917-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-56917-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-56916-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 493
- Number of Illustrations
- 8 b/w illustrations, 128 illustrations in colour
- Topics