{"title":"An Analysis of Telemedicine Experiences and Services in Chile","authors":"Antonio Rienzo Renato","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.81756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.81756","url":null,"abstract":"Applications based on telemedicine have been progressively increasing, and Chile is not the exception. After a set of isolated projects and government programs, a National Telehealth Program has been defined in the country. The content of this chapter intends to make a contribution to know the current situation of the country in this area. The author explains the main reasons why there is inequity, and geographic and demographic conditions that drive the need for this type of telemedical applications to grant and improve the health care of the population are explained. The chapter includes a brief theoretical conceptual summary with the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages that telemedicine incorporates. Also, he presents the results of some of his investigations. Finally, the foundations and lines of action of the new Telehealth program that has been launched in the country are presented.","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75921169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introductory Chapter: Telemedicine","authors":"Thomas F. Heston","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.82419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.82419","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78205461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers to Development of Telemedicine in Developing Countries","authors":"S. Bali","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.81723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.81723","url":null,"abstract":"Affordability, accessibility, availability, and quality of healthcare services have always been a burning issue for the mankind. The issue of health care is always crucial for the governments and countries irrespective of their financial status. Continuous efforts are being made by policy makers, administrators, and researchers to provide quality health care to the people at the cost that they can afford. Developed countries have adopted many alternative tools and technologies to leverage the supply of good health care but quality and cost of health care are still big issues in these countries. Developing countries are far behind in adopting technology to reduce the cost and improve the quality of health care. Telemedicine has emerged as a new hope to remove the bottlenecks in the healthcare seeking. Developing countries have adopted telemedicine technology in a hurry without proper planning and strategy. Despite more than two decades of adapting telemedicine, developing countries have not achieved any significant success in reducing the cost of care or improving the access of care. This chapter has tried to explore the various barriers to the development of telemedicine in developing countries. Proper enlisting and detailing of these barriers will definitely help governments to understand the loopholes and bottlenecks in the implementation of telemedicine and help them to develop appropriate solution.","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"2014 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73623675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Telerobotic 3D Articulated Arm-Assisted Surgery Tools with Augmented Reality for Surgery Training","authors":"A. Basori, H. Aljahdali","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.81447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.81447","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, human body will be marked and tracked using depth camera. The arm motion from the trainer will be sent through network and then mapped into 3D robotic arm in the destination server. The robotic arm will move according to the trainer. In the meantime, trainee will follow the movement and they can learn how to do particular tasks according to the trainer. The telerobotic-assisted surgery tools will give guidance how to slice or do simple surgery in several steps through the 3D medical images which are displayed in the human body. User will do training and selects some of the body parts and then analyzes it. The system provide specific task to be completed during training and measure how many tasks the user can accomplish during the surgical time. The telerobotic-assisted virtual surgery tools using augmented reality (AR) is expected to be used widely in medical education as an alternative system with low-cost solution.","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87677744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Advent of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)-MEMS within the Medical System","authors":"J. Liou","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.80391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.80391","url":null,"abstract":"Medical healthcare has become one of the fastest growing and largest industries in the world. More and more people are aware of the precious and important life. At the same time, personal disposable income increases and awareness of disease prevention increases. It allows the healthcare industry to maintain high growth rates. Micro-electro- mechanical systems (MEMS) is one of the most revolutionary semiconductor components. The advent of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)-MEMS has created a new era for the healthcare industry. The medical Micro LED detects the blood vessel position with the emission light source and repositions the blood flow state of the blood vessel. Micro LED mainly uses the MEMS micro-fabrication technology to micronize, array, and thin film the traditional LED crystal film. This article will explore how to use MEMS wafers to redefine the needs of the healthcare market and open up new growth opportunities for healthcare applications. With the shift from first-hand medical devices from the hospital business to personal use, miniaturization, economics, reliability and battery life have become new demands in the healthcare market.","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"433 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77874283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MediCal devises pay policy for California telemedicine consults.","authors":"K Kincade","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"4 2","pages":"11-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21053590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It's time for organized medicine to carry telemedicine's banner.","authors":"M H Nutig","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"4 2","pages":"25-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21053594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hybrid business models rely on out-of-the-box thinking.","authors":"D R Dakins","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"4 2","pages":"33-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21053596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Texas kicks into high gear with reimbursement, lone star state is ready for road test.","authors":"K Kincade","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"4 2","pages":"21-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21053592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving forward, looking back: telemedicine in the year ahead.","authors":"J H Sanders","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80186,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine and telehealth networks : newsmagazine of distance healthcare","volume":"4 2","pages":"28-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21053595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}