Edited by Richard Wootton Centre for Online Health, Queensland, Australia John Craig Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Victor Patterson Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast £24.95,  978-1-85315-677-9,  200pp,  Paperback,  April 2006

Nursing Standard
The second edition of Introduction to Telemedicine provides an accessible insight into informatics and allows health care professionals to assess how telemedicine might be applied to their working practice… The text has an international flavour, with numerous examples of how telemedicine is used in the United States, Australia and Scandinavia… The book is a useful starting point in understanding the relevance of telemedicine for practice.

The Medical Journal of Australia
Now in its second edition, this revised text meets a growing need for a straightforward overview of telemedicine… The authors are explicit about the health services dimension… Indeed most useful for an audience of health care workers considering telemedicine… It is pragmatic and even-handed, and the reader comes away with an appreciation of the realities of integrating telemedicine with routine care.

The second edition of this introductory guide to telemedicine and telecare services will be an invaluable guide to students and new practitioners in this growing and developing field of medicine. In rural and sparsely populated countries, telemedicine can be a vital and life-saving link in health care.

In those countries where demands on hospitals is ever growing, telecare can provide a safe and comfortable alternative to hospital based therapy. This updated book will help you to assess the need for a service and how it can be implemented.

Contents:
Contents:
1. Introduction to the practice of telemedicine
John Craig and Victor Patterson

2. Telemedicine systems and telecommunications
Brett Hamett

3. Prerecorded telemedicine
Vincenzo Della Mea

4. Realtime telemedicine
Richard Wootton

5. Tele-education
Vernon R Curran

6. Defining the needs of a telemedicine service
Gary C Doolittle and Ryan J Spaulding

7. Successfully developing a telemedicine system
Peter M Yellowlees

8. Evaluating telemedicine systems and services
Paul Taylor

9. How to do a telemedicine consultation
James Ferguson

10. Benefits and drawbacks of telemedicine
N M Hjelm

11. Legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine
Benedict Stanberry

12. Sources of information on telemedicine
Nancy A Brown

13. Telemedicine in the future
Paul J Heinzelmann, Nancy E Lugn and Joseph C Kvedar

14. Conclusion
Richard Wootton, John Craig and Victor Patterson

Index

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