iPath: A telemedicine platform to support health providers in low resource settings

Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-235

  Brauchli, Kurt ^c   O'Mahony, Don ^a   Banach, Lech ^b   Oberholzer, Martin ^c  

^a University of Transkei ^*

^b University of Transkei   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DERMATOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; E-MAIL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATHOLOGIST; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SOUTH AFRICA; SWITZERLAND; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 26844581991     PISSN: 1479649X     EISSN: 1479649X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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