DocumentCode
168493
Title
Tele-consulting through rural health centres for tribal community - A case study from Wayanad
Author
Issac, Roshan ; Sahasranamam, Sreevas
Author_Institution
Coll. of Eng., Kallooppara, India
fYear
2014
fDate
10-13 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
57
Lastpage
61
Abstract
Access to quality healthcare is a right of every individual, however, a large part of rural population in India do not have access to same. This is particularly acute among the tribal community who are a marginalized section of the society. This paper is based on the case study of one such community in Wayanad district of Kerala. A tele-consulting system through rural health centre is proposed in this paper. The field implementation of this system is currently underway at Chekadi tribal mission in Wayanad.
Keywords
health care; telemedicine; Chekadi tribal mission; India; Wayanad district; rural health centres; rural healthcare; rural population; teleconsulting system; tribal community; Electrocardiography; Internet; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Monitoring; Sociology; Statistics; Rural healthcare; Tele-consulting; Tribal areas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GHTC.2014.6970261
Filename
6970261
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