Telemedicine and rural health care applications

• Published in: Journal of postgraduate medicine (Bombay) Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 286 - 293
• Main Authors: Smith, Anthony C, Bensink, M, Armfield, N, Stillman, J, Caffery, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.10.2005; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Australia; Health aspects; Humans; Rural Health Services - organization & administration; Rural Population; Sparsely populated areas; Telemedicine; Telemedicine - methods; Telemedicine - organization & administration; Australia

Telemedicine has the potential to help facilitate the delivery of health services to rural areas. In the right circumstances, telemedicine may also be useful for the delivery of education and teaching programmes and the facilitation of administrative meetings. In this paper reference is made to a va...