Title :
Intergrated Telehealth-Telecentre Development - Innovative Remote Community Care & Development
Author :
Rashvand, H.F. ; Hines, E.L. ; Iliescu, Dragos ; Green, Roger J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Warwick, Warwick, RI, USA
Abstract :
The community telecentre (CTC) initiative helped to defeat the digital divide for global sustainability but recent developments in welfare, aids, disaster recovery and health issues forges a greater role for emerging CTCs. Under the light of emerging wireless technologies an innovative redesign of the centres is essential. For addressing this problem the use of recently matured medical technologies suitable for rural care in conjunction with the introduction of an integrated telehealth-telecentre (ITTC) to future developments is proposed.
Keywords :
health care; telemedicine; community telecentre; digital divide; global sustainability; innovative remote community care; integrated telehealth-telecentre development; rural care;
Conference_Titel :
Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries, 2006. The 4th Institution of Engineering and Technology Seminar on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-633-0