What lessons can be learned from telemedicine programmes in other countries

摘要: Reviews of telemedicine literature have shown that about half the published studies come from USA. This suggests there is a large potentially useful stock research outside USA could be used to guide decision-making in In present study, request was sent eight international experts asking successful programmes been assessed and implemented US health-care system. We also conducted focused review few key publications field identify examples programmes. The found some specific areas, such as teleradiology, telemental health, telegeriatric applications, e-referrals discharge letters, integration organizations with networks, applications successfully settings would suitable for implementation If other countries are disseminated USA, differences systems, technological infrastructure will probably affect their chances success.