Telemedicine in northern Norway
The University Hospital of Tromso has been involved in a variety of telemedicine activities since the late 1980s, including teleradiology, telepathology, teledermatology, remote endoscopy, remote gastroscopy, teleechocardiography, transmission of electrocardiograms, telepsychiatry, electronic delive...
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crsagepubl:10.1258/1357633971930139 2023-05-15T17:43:23+02:00 Telemedicine in northern Norway Elford, D. R. 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/1357633971930139 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/1357633971930139 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare volume 3, issue 1, page 1-22 ISSN 1357-633X 1758-1109 Health Informatics journal-article 1997 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1258/1357633971930139 2022-08-12T11:31:16Z The University Hospital of Tromso has been involved in a variety of telemedicine activities since the late 1980s, including teleradiology, telepathology, teledermatology, remote endoscopy, remote gastroscopy, teleechocardiography, transmission of electrocardiograms, telepsychiatry, electronic delivery of laboratory results and distance learning for health professionals. Since 1993 the department of telemedicine in Tromsl has been designated the national centre of competence in telemedicine. With a wealth of experience to draw from, a critical number of health-care professionals exposed to and using telemedicine routinely, the support of the Norwegian health authorities, a national centre guiding telemedicine research, no licensing barriers within the country, nationwide ISDN and reimbursement for telemedicine services, the future of telemedicine in Norway looks promising. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Tromso Tromso SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Norway Tromso ENVELOPE(16.546,16.546,68.801,68.801) Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 3 1 1 22 |
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The University Hospital of Tromso has been involved in a variety of telemedicine activities since the late 1980s, including teleradiology, telepathology, teledermatology, remote endoscopy, remote gastroscopy, teleechocardiography, transmission of electrocardiograms, telepsychiatry, electronic delivery of laboratory results and distance learning for health professionals. Since 1993 the department of telemedicine in Tromsl has been designated the national centre of competence in telemedicine. With a wealth of experience to draw from, a critical number of health-care professionals exposed to and using telemedicine routinely, the support of the Norwegian health authorities, a national centre guiding telemedicine research, no licensing barriers within the country, nationwide ISDN and reimbursement for telemedicine services, the future of telemedicine in Norway looks promising. |
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