• World journal of surgery · Nov 2001

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    Telemedicine, the Internet, and world wide web: overview, current status, and relevance to surgeons.

    • P B Angood.
    • Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. angoodp@msnotes.wustl.edu
    • World J Surg. 2001 Nov 1;25(11):1449-57.

    AbstractThe Information Age has made profound changes in society and is slowly entering the healthcare field. Some of the most important areas are telemedicine, the Internet, and the world wide web (www). Millions of physicians, healthcare providers, and patients are accessing the web daily for patient information, consultation, and distant learning. Telemedicine is beginning to enter the mainstream of health care after decades of demonstration projects. There are many issues which have been raised, such as access to the information, the security of the information, and the quality of the content on the web. While telemedicine is beginning to Hower, there are numerous barriers that prevent its rapid implementation, such as licensure, reimbursement, liability, quality of service, and technical issues. In spite of the numerous challenges, telemedicine over the Internet was practiced in one of the most remote areas of the world--Mt. Everest--demonstrating that it is possible to utilize all the latest healthcare telecommunications tools in even the most extreme of settings.

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