Pilot projects in eastern Canada that use personal computers and telephone lines to link
patients and rural physicians with specialists in urban centres indicate that telemedicine may …

Over the last two decades, the rapid introduction and development of electronic
communication technologies have transformed the ways people correspond and exchange …

Objective. A comprehensive rural telemedicine system was implemented between Fletcher-
Allen Health Care (FAHC) and a number of community hospitals in three distinct phases. We …

We studied the utility of various telehealth applications to support practice in rural and
remote regions from the physicians' point of view. A postal survey was conducted among …

Based on our experience of telemedicine in Kansas, we have identified several key factors
in the success of a telemedicine practice. Very early in any project, it is important to bring …

BACKGRoUnD An examination of the role of telehealth in rural Canada is not complete
without first elucidating the medical situation in rural areas. A defining feature of health care …

Objectives To estimate the use of telemedicine in rural hospitals in the US and to identify
and describe those rural hospitals that are active in telemedicine. Materials and Methods …

Applications of Telehealth in the practice, upgrading of knowledge, and communication of
physicians with their colleagues and patients in Canada was explored in this study. The …

The fee-for-service reimbursement of telemedicine services by provincial/territorial health
insurance plans is an important issue in Canada and through out the world. It is an issue for …

Objective It is doubtful that any new health care delivery system that requires as much
adjustment as telemedicine does will be sustained if its users do not fully support it. We …