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Telemedicine – A Better Connection to Health Care

What is "Telemedicine?"

"Move the information, not the patient" is one of the basic principles of

telemedicine. As defined by the American Telemedicine Association,

telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to

another via electronic communications for the health and education of the patient

or health care provider and for the purpose of improving patient care.

Why do we need "Telemedicine?"

Telemedicine technology has a huge potential to help solve distance related

problems faced by health care systems around the world: Not all health care

services can be provided everywhere. Patients in need of care or advice need

to travel. It could be much more convenient, less expensive, less time

consuming and, in emergency situations, far less risky if health care services

could be provided at the point of need, including the home of the patient

Telemedicine can keep health care local by pursuing these major goals:

ˇ to make quality health care available to patients who don’t have, for whatever reasons, local

access to these services and

ˇ to improve quality of care by integrating electronic communication into the existing

structures of health care

ˇ to benefit patients with chronic diseases by improving control and

management of their conditions from their home.

Telemedicine is not intended to substitute a personal patient-physician

relationship. It rather offers alternatives to deal with the increasing demand

for health care services, to balance regional maldistribution of qualified

medical services and keeps health care local.

Why should you care?

Telemedicine still is a young discipline, but, no matter what you do, it will impact your life as a

health care professional. Just like fax, email and the Internet caused a substantial change in the

communication in general, telemedicine will revolutionize health care communication. The

technology available now allows for a wide spectrum of capabilities already today. Still, we just

begin to explode the technology to find out how telemedicine could be even

more beneficial to our patients. There is a huge potential and exciting challenges

are coming up.

The purpose of the international Asklepios collaboration of six American

and European medical schools is to assist clinicians of the future and

universities of the present to get prepared for telemedicine/telecare.

Feel free to contact any of the participating medical schools or the project directors for

further information.

Prof. Dr. E. Andrew Balas                                               Dr. Michael Nerlich            

Well distinghished Professor and Director                                             Klinikum der Universität der Regensburg   

Center and Center for Health Care quality                                             Department of Trauma / Surgery          

University of Missouri - Columbia                                                         Franz-Josef-StrauB-Allee 11 

314, Clark Hall                                                                                     D-93042 Regensburg

Columbia, MO 65211, USA                                                                 Germany  

Tel: +573 882 8416                                                                              Tel: +49 941 944 6805

Fax: +573 884 0474                                                                             Fax: +49 941 944 6806   

 

Prof. Spyros G. Condos, M. D.                                        Prof. Dr. Nicos Maglaveras

Yale University School of Medicine                                                          Aristotle University

Department of Surgery                                                                             Thessaloniki

207 FMB,  330 Cedar Street                                                                   Laboratory of Medical Physics

New Haven, CT 06510                                                                            The Medical School

Connecticut                                                                                              BOX 323   GR  54006  Thessaloniki

USA                                                                                                        Macedonia    Grecia

Tel:  (203) 785 2594 / 2549                                                                     Tel: +30 31 999 281

Fax:  (203) 737 1488                                                                               Fax: +30 31 999 263

 

Celia Maxwell, M. D., F.A.C.P.                                           Prof. Dra. Olga Ferrer-Roca

Howard University                                                                                     UNESCO chair of Telemedice.

School of Medicine                                                                                    Chair of Pathology

Assistant of Vice President for Health Affairs and                                        President of the CATAI

Director Women's Health Initiative                                                              La Laguna University

2041  Georgia Avenue NW                                                                        Medicine Faculty

Suite 6000                                                                                                  La Laguna, Tenerife

Washington D.C.  20060                                                                            CP:38071    

District of Columbia, USA                                                                           Canary Islands, Spain

Tel: (202) 865 4802 / 7470                                                                         Tel: +34 922 31 93 21

Fax: (202) 865 3291                                                                                   Fax: +34 922 64 18 55


RULES FOR STUDENTS OF  LA LAGUNA UNIVERSITY FOR THE ASKLEPIOS EXCHANGE


  1. Selection through a public call. - Download document.doc -.
                                                Students accepted during the 99-00 course.
                                                Students accepted during the 00-01 course.
  2. Aceptance of the schoolarship.
  3. To have made a Telemedicine trainning program during the current year. IX Winter Course Program.
  4. To have a high level of english and to have made a english high qualification course during the current year that must be certified.
  5. To not have any legal incompatibility that avoid the E.E.U.U. entrance. .
  6. Be in possession of a medical ensurance.
  7. To send the formal form to Missouri University (Co-ordinator), - Download document.doc -  and to be accepted as competent for the interchange.
  8. To accomplish with the foreseen dates and to assist to the meetings for the co-ordination of the Asklepios project:
                            Course 99-00.
                            Course 00-01.
  9. Special rules from the hosting Universities:
                                                                    Yale University.
                                                                    Missouri University. (under construction)
  10. Certificate of the Rotary convalidation
    Important: The students should enclose to this certificate a report with the activities done in the rotary including: patient's number visit, surgeries, etc.
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