Municipal communications infrastructure for rural telemedicine in a Latin-American Country

IEEE Latin America Transactions

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1489-1495

  Zambrano, Andreina ^a   García, Rebeca Isabel ^a   Huerta, Monica Karel ^a   De Andrade, Marilet ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

eHealth; Online health; Remote consultation; Teleconsulting; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE; DELAY PARAMETERS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; EHEALTH; IEEE 802.11 TECHNOLOGY; PILOT COMMUNICATIONS; PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL TELEMEDICINE; SELECTION CRITERIA; SIMULTANEOUS USE; TELECONSULTING; TELEMEDICINE SERVICES; VENEZUELA; VOICE AND DATA;

DESIGN; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; STANDARDS;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84860297824     PISSN: 15480992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2012.6187591     Document Type: Article

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