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Title:
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A MULTIDISCIPLINARY E-HEALTH ASSISTANCE PROJECT IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON |
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Author(s):
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Christopher R. Jones, Ricardo B. Cardoso, Edison Huttner, Helena W. Oliveira, Marlise A. dos Santos, Thais Russomano |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-49-6 |
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Editors:
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Mário Macedo |
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Year:
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2011 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Multidisciplinary; eHealth; telemedicine; Amazon; remote; second opinion. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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191 |
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Last Page:
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195 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Brazil is a vast country where those living in remote areas suffer the inequity of poor access to specialist healthcare. Working remotely is considered undesirable due to professional isolation and poor resource availability. Our main objective was to evaluate a multidisciplinary eHealth approach for second opinion delivery in a remote region of the Brazilian Amazon. A multidisciplinary team visited five communities over ten days covering six study areas: gerontology, pharmacy, cardiology, dermatology, odontology and telecommunication engineering. We have demonstrated that eHealth technologies are effective at enabling the exchange of information between experts and remote areas, ultimately supplying a specialist second opinion. The potential for a multidisciplinary approach has been identified. |
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