Preliminary experience of shared clinical management between Milan and Pointe Noire using the INteractive TeleConsultation Network for Worldwide HealthcAre Services (INCAS): Telemedicine between Milan and Africa

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-443

  Malacarne, Mara ^a   Lesma, Alessandro ^b   Madera, Angelo ^b   Malfatti, Eugenio ^c   Castelli, Alberto ^d   Lucini, Daniela ^a   Pizzinelli, Paolo ^a   Pagani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

^c CMSO Eni Congo   (Congo)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATHOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF TECHNOLOGY; SHARED CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; STORE-AND-FOREWARD APPLICATIONS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; E-MAIL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ITALY; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 13444265146     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2004.10.437     Document Type: Article

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