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Joaquin Blaya,
Would you please send the book tittled;Telehealth in the Developing
World" edited by Wootton, Patil, Scott, and Ho

Jones Chamangwana
P.O BOX 544
Balaka
Malawi, Africa

On 6/17/12, GHDonline (Joaquin Blaya, PhD) <> wrote:
> Joaquin Blaya, PhD added a new discussion to the Health IT community.
>
> Title: Book "Telehealth in the Developing World" edited by Wootton, Patil,
> Scott, and Ho
>
> Discussion contents:
> "This book might be of interest, below is a small description of it. I've
> attached it as a resource and it can also be downloaded at
> http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/IDRCBookDetails.aspx?Publi...
>
>
> 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 ...

Joaquin Blaya,
Would you please send the book tittled;Telehealth in the Developing
World" edited by Wootton, Patil, Scott, and Ho

Jones Chamangwana
P.O BOX 544
Balaka
Malawi, Africa

On 6/17/12, GHDonline (Joaquin Blaya, PhD) <> wrote:
> Joaquin Blaya, PhD added a new discussion to the Health IT community.
>
> Title: Book "Telehealth in the Developing World" edited by Wootton, Patil,
> Scott, and Ho
>
> Discussion contents:
> "This book might be of interest, below is a small description of it. I've
> attached it as a resource and it can also be downloaded at
> http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/IDRCBookDetails.aspx?Publi...
>
>
> 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)."
>
> Attached resource:
> *
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> in the Developing World 2012.pdf
>
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This is a very vlaubale resource. Thanks to the authors and editors for making it available.

Thank you so much for sharing this book, I will read it.

Joseph

On 17 June 2012 10:16, GHDonline (Joaquin Blaya, PhD) <:

> Joaquin Blaya, PhD added a new discussion to the Health IT community.
>
> Title: Book "Telehealth in the Developing World" edited by Wootton, Patil,
> Scott, and Ho
>
> Discussion contents:
> "This book might be of interest, below is a small description of it. I've
> attached it as a resource and it can also be downloaded at
> http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/IDRCBookDetails.aspx?Publi...
>
>
> 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 ...

Thank you so much for sharing this book, I will read it.

Joseph

On 17 June 2012 10:16, GHDonline (Joaquin Blaya, PhD) <:

> Joaquin Blaya, PhD added a new discussion to the Health IT community.
>
> Title: Book "Telehealth in the Developing World" edited by Wootton, Patil,
> Scott, and Ho
>
> Discussion contents:
> "This book might be of interest, below is a small description of it. I've
> attached it as a resource and it can also be downloaded at
> http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/IDRCBookDetails.aspx?Publi...
>
>
> 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)."
>
> Attached resource:
> * <
> http://www.ghdonline.org/tech/discussion/book-telehealth-in-the-developing-wo...
> in the Developing World 2012.pdf
>
>
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