Beyond "initiate-build-operate-transfer" strategy for creating sustainable telemedicine programs: Lesson from the first decade

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-390

  Latifi, Rifat ^a,b,c   Dasho, Erion ^b   Lecaj, Ismet ^b   Latifi, Kalterina ^b   Bekteshi, Flamur ^b   Hadeed, Molly ^a,b   Doarn, Charles R ^b,d   Merrell, Ronald C ^b,e  

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

^b International Virtual E Hospital Foundation   (United States)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Initiate Build Operate Transfer" strategy; Albania; e health; international health; Kosova; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; CORE STRATEGY; EHEALTH; INITIATE-BUILD-OPERATE- TRANSFER STRATEGY; KOSOVA; NATIONAL PROGRAM; TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

TELEMEDICINE;

DOXEPIN;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMEDICINE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOXEPIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84862551617     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0263     Document Type: Article

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