Testing a top-down strategy for establishing a sustainable telemedicine program in a developing country: The arizona telemedicine program-u.s. army-republic of panama initiative

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 746-753

  Vega, Silvio ^a,b,c,d   Marciscano, Ivette ^b,c,d,e   Holcomb, Michael ^d   Erps, Kristine A ^d   Major, Janet ^d   Lopez, Ana Maria ^c,d   Barker, Gail P ^d,f   Weinstein, Ronald S ^c,d,f  

^a Medicine and Health Sciences   (United States)

^b US Army Yuma Proving Ground   (United States)

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

^d BANNER HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

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

Author keywords

Extreme environments; policy; tele emergency medicine; tele infectious disease; tele obstetrics; telecardiology; teledermatology; telehealth; telemedicine; telepulmonology; teleradiology

Indexed keywords

EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; TELE-OBSTETRICS; TELECARDIOLOGY; TELEDERMATOLOGY; TELEHEALTH; TELEPULMONOLOGY; TELERADIOLOGY;

DEMONSTRATIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OBSTETRICS; PUBLIC POLICY; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PANAMA; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TECHNOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

PANAMA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885076210     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0025     Document Type: Article

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