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Introduction to Telemedicine, second edition

Edited by Richard Wootton, John Craig and Victor Patterson


Paperback
£29.99

ISBN: 9781853156779
Published: 05/04/2006
Extent: 224 pages
Illustrations: >35 Figures


 
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Summary:
The second edition of this introductory guide to telemedicine and telecare services is an invaluable guide to students and new practitioners in this growing and developing field of medicine. In rural and sparsely populated countries, telemedicine can be a vital and life-saving link in health care.

In those countries where demands on hospitals is ever growing, telecare can provide a safe and comfortable alternative to hospital based therapy. Introduction to Telemedicine, second edition, will help you to assess the need for a service and how it can be implemented.


  • The essential starting point in understanding the relevance of telemedicine in clinical practice

  • Describes the benefits of telemedicine and also highlights the potential problems

  • Completely up to date with revised chapters, updated references and new contributions

  • Written by an international team of experts, from the USA, UK and Australia


Table of Contents:
List of contributors
Foreword to the first edition
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
SECTION ONE: BACKGROUND
1. Introduction to the practice of telemedicine
2. Telemedicine systems and communication
SECTION TWO: TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS
3. Prerecorded telemedicine
4. Realtime telemedicine
5. Tele-education
SECTION THREE: HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT TELEMEDICINE
6. Defining the needs of a telemedicine service
7. Successfully developing a telemedicine system
8. Evaluating telemedicine systems and services
9. How to do a telemedicine consultation
SECTION FOUR: OTHER ASPECTS OF TELEMEDICINE
10. Benefits and drawbacks of telemedicine
11. Legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine
12. Sources of information on telemedicine
13. Telemedicine in the future
14. Conclusion
Index


About the Author(s):

Richard Wootton
Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

John Craig
Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

Victor Patterson
Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast; Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia


Readership:
Practitioners and students in the field of telemedicine


Reviews:

The second edition of Introduction to Telemedicine provides an accessible insight into informatics and allows health care professionals to assess how telemedicine might be applied to their working practice ... The text has an international flavour, with numerous examples of how telemedicine is used in the United States, Australia and Scandinavia.
Nursing Standard

Now in its second edition, this revised text meets a growing need for a straightforward overview of telemedicine ... The authors are explicit about the health services dimension ... Indeed most useful for an audience of health care workers considering telemedicine ... It is pragmatic and even-handed, and the reader comes away with an appreciation of the realities of integrating telemedicine with routine care.
The Medical Journal of Australia


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