"Initiate-Build-Operate-Transfer" - A strategy for establishing sustainable telemedicine programs not only in the developing countries

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 165, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-10

  Latifi, Rifat ^a,b,c,d  

^a International E Hospital Foundation   (Albania)

^b Telemedicine Program of Kosova and Albania   (Albania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

E learning; Model; Regions; Sustainable telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; E-LEARNING; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUILD OPERATE TRANSFERS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; EDUCATIONAL SERVICES; HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE; REGIONS; TELEMEDICINE NETWORKS; TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM;

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TELEMEDICINE; YUGOSLAVIA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TELEMEDICINE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 79960949336     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-735-2-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. R. Latifi, R.C. Merrell, C.R. Doarn, G.J. Hadeed, F. Bekteshi, I. Lecaj, C. Boucha, F. Hajdari, A.Hoxha, D. Koshi, M. de Leonni Stanonik, B. Berisha, K. Novoberdaliu, A. Imeri, R.S. Weinstein, "Initiate- Build-Operate- Transfer"-A Strategy for Establishing Sustainable Telemedicine Programs in Developing Countries: Initial Lessons from the Balkans. Telemedicine and e-Health 15: 10 (2009), 1-14.
2. R. Latifi, Establishing Telemedicine in Developing Countries: From Inception to Implementation. IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2004.
3. R. Latifi R, (ed.) Current Principles and Practices of Telemedicine and e-Health. IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2008.