Feasibility of a clearing house for improved cooperation between telemedicine networks delivering humanitarian services: acceptability to network coordinators

Wootton, Richard; Bonnardot, Laurent; Geissbuhler, Antoine; Jethwani, Kamal; Kovarik, Carrie; McGoey, Suzanne; Person, Donald A; Vladzymyrskyy, Anton; Zolfo, Maria

doi:10.3402/gha.v5i0.18713

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Feasibility of a clearing house for improved cooperation between telemedicine networks delivering humanitarian services: acceptability to network coordinators

ContributorsWootton, Richard; Bonnardot, Laurent; Geissbuhler, Antoine

; Jethwani, Kamal; Kovarik, Carrie; McGoey, Suzanne; Person, Donald A; Vladzymyrskyy, Anton; Zolfo, Maria

Published inGlobal health action, vol. 5, 18713

Publication date2012

Abstract

Telemedicine networks, which deliver humanitarian services, sometimes need to share expertise to find particular experts in other networks. It has been suggested that a mechanism for sharing expertise between networks (a 'clearing house') might be useful.

Keywords

Altruism
Computer Communication Networks/organization & administration/standards
Cooperative Behavior
Databases, Factual
Developing Countries
Feasibility Studies
Humans
Information Dissemination/methods
Needs Assessment
Referral and Consultation/organization & administration/standards
Specialization
Telemedicine/organization & administration/standards

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale

Research groups

Groupe Geissbuhler Antoine (informatique médicale) (222)

Citation (ISO format)

WOOTTON, Richard et al. Feasibility of a clearing house for improved cooperation between telemedicine networks delivering humanitarian services: acceptability to network coordinators. In: Global health action, 2012, vol. 5, p. 18713. doi: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.18713

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PID : unige:32281
DOI : 10.3402/gha.v5i0.18713
PMID : 23058274

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Feasibility of a clearing house for improved cooperation between telemedicine networks delivering humanitarian services: acceptability to network coordinators

Telemedicine networks, which deliver humanitarian services, sometimes need to share expertise to find particular experts in other networks. It has been suggested that a mechanism for sharing expertise between networks (a 'clearing house') might be useful.

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