Making better access to healthcare services
Preface
Foreword by Makoto NAGAO
Foreword by Hamadoun TOURE
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Table of Contents
PART 1: Background
1 Terminology and scope: brief overview
1.1 Definition
1.2 Terminology
1.3 Scope
1.4 Telemedecine-charity or business
1.5 Some issues on e-health/telemedecine policy for developing countries
1.6 From Theory to Practice
1.7 ITU e-health expert training course at Tokai University
2 Common e-health applications
2.1 Why is telemedecine expanding at this time?
2.2 Developments in telemedecine
2.3 Digital imaging in pathology
2.4 Teledermatology
3 Telecommunication infrastructure
3.1 Overview of telecommunication infrastructure for telemedecine
3.2 Satellite-based telemedecine practices
3.3 Successful usage of Communications Satellite for Supporting Medical Treatment in the Aftermath of Disasters
3.4 A Decade History of PARTNERS Project
3.5 Experiments on secure satellite communications for long distance image transmission
4 Standardization in e-health and interoperability problems
4.1 Integrating telemedecine systems for e-health
4.2 Interoperability considerations for e-health in developing countries
4.3 Standardization activities
4.3.1 Current situation in e-health standardization
4.3.2 ITU standardization activities in telemedecine
4.3.3 TELEMEDECINE AND BIOMETRICS
4.3.4 Metadata Standardization for Telemedecine
5 Project Design for e-health
6 How to make a telemedecine/e-health project sustainable
PART 2: CASE REPORT
1 Bangladesh
2 Bhutan
3 Bulgaria
4 Cambodia
5 Ethiopia
6 Georgia
7 Greece
8 India
9 Indonesia
10 Japan
11 Kenya
12 Kosovo
13 Latvia
14 Lithuania
15 Mali
16 Malta
17 Mozambique
18 Nepal
19 The Pacific Open Learning Health Net
20 Pakistan
21 Papua New Guinea
22 Peru
23 Russian Federation
24 Tanzania
25 Turkey
26 Ukraine
27 Zambia
ANNEX 1: RESOLUTION 41 OF WTDC, ISTANBUL, 2002