Telemedicine in the Nordic countries: diffusion and technology assessment

Author

Olsson, Silas

Author_Institution

Swedish Inst. for Health Services Dev., Stockholm, Sweden

fYear

1995

fDate

27-29 Mar 1995

Firstpage

107

Lastpage

108

Abstract

Telemedicine is a general term and can be defined as “medicine at distance”: which in practice very often means “medical communications via telemedia”. Telemedicine refers to a wide range of specific applications usually named after a particular discipline, e.g., teledermatology, telepsychiatry, teleradiology, telecardiology, telesurgery, telepathology, telelogopedics, teleeducation, and teletraining. The Nordic countries is the common name for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

Keywords

biomedical education; health care; medicine; patient care; Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Nordic countries; Norway; Sweden; medical communications; medicine at distance; technology assessment; telecardiology; teledermatology; teleeducation; telelogopedics; telemedia; telemedicine; telepathology; telepsychiatry; teleradiology; telesurgery; teletraining; Biomedical imaging; Domestic safety; Educational technology; Hospitals; Laboratories; Medical services; Pathology; Radiology; Telemedicine; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Telemedicine On-Line Today, 1995. Research, Practice, and Opportunities., Proceedings of the National Forum

Conference_Location

McLean, VA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5860-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTOL.1995.504538

Filename

504538