Enabling and Accelerating First Nations Telehealth Development in Canada

Telehealth is a primary tool for equalizing First Nations access to health services - particularly for remote First Nations. This paper surveys federal policy, reviews First Nations Telehealth development documentation and engages federal and provincial Telehealth principals to determine the state o...

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Main Authors: Gideon, Valerie, Nicholas, Eugene, Rowlandson, John, Woolner, Florence
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Waterloo Library 2009
Subjects:
indigenous
Telemedicine
policy
community
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2458
https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2.2458
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spelling ftuniwaterlooojs:oai:canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/oai:article/2458 2023-05-15T16:13:52+02:00 Enabling and Accelerating First Nations Telehealth Development in Canada Gideon, Valerie Nicholas, Eugene Rowlandson, John Woolner, Florence 2009-10-27 application/pdf https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2458 https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2.2458 eng eng University of Waterloo Library https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2458/3040 https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2458 doi:10.15353/joci.v5i2.2458 The Journal of Community Informatics; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2009): Special Issue: CI & Indigenous Communities in Canada—The K-Net (Keewaytinook Okimakanak's Kuhkenah) Experience 1712-4441 10.15353/joci.v5i2 indigenous Telemedicine policy community info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2009 ftuniwaterlooojs https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2.2458 https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2 2022-05-09T15:37:13Z Telehealth is a primary tool for equalizing First Nations access to health services - particularly for remote First Nations. This paper surveys federal policy, reviews First Nations Telehealth development documentation and engages federal and provincial Telehealth principals to determine the state of First Nations Telehealth/Telemedicine in Canada. Itconcludes that First Nations Telehealth development is slower than anticipated, that national and regional policies are required to resolve cross-jurisdictional issues with provinces and that Canada Health Infoway plays athe primaryroleas anenabler and accelerator ofFirst Nations Telehealth development in Canada.The report is available here: Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Waterloo Library Journal Publishing Service (University of Waterloo, Canada) Canada
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topic indigenous
Telemedicine
policy
community
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Telemedicine
policy
community
Gideon, Valerie
Nicholas, Eugene
Rowlandson, John
Woolner, Florence
Enabling and Accelerating First Nations Telehealth Development in Canada
topic_facet indigenous
Telemedicine
policy
community
description Telehealth is a primary tool for equalizing First Nations access to health services - particularly for remote First Nations. This paper surveys federal policy, reviews First Nations Telehealth development documentation and engages federal and provincial Telehealth principals to determine the state of First Nations Telehealth/Telemedicine in Canada. Itconcludes that First Nations Telehealth development is slower than anticipated, that national and regional policies are required to resolve cross-jurisdictional issues with provinces and that Canada Health Infoway plays athe primaryroleas anenabler and accelerator ofFirst Nations Telehealth development in Canada.The report is available here:
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Gideon, Valerie
Nicholas, Eugene
Rowlandson, John
Woolner, Florence
author_facet Gideon, Valerie
Nicholas, Eugene
Rowlandson, John
Woolner, Florence
author_sort Gideon, Valerie
title Enabling and Accelerating First Nations Telehealth Development in Canada
title_short Enabling and Accelerating First Nations Telehealth Development in Canada
title_full Enabling and Accelerating First Nations Telehealth Development in Canada
title_fullStr Enabling and Accelerating First Nations Telehealth Development in Canada
title_full_unstemmed Enabling and Accelerating First Nations Telehealth Development in Canada
title_sort enabling and accelerating first nations telehealth development in canada
publisher University of Waterloo Library
publishDate 2009
url https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2458
https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2.2458
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op_source The Journal of Community Informatics; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2009): Special Issue: CI & Indigenous Communities in Canada—The K-Net (Keewaytinook Okimakanak's Kuhkenah) Experience
1712-4441
10.15353/joci.v5i2
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