Towards a Shared Service Centre for Telemedicine: Telemedicine in Denmark, and a Possible Way Forward

Overview

Journal Health Informatics J

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Medical Informatics

Date 2015 Aug 12

PMID 26261216

Citations 10

Authors

Simon Bo Larsen

Nanna Skovgaard Sorensen

Matilde Grondahl Petersen

Gitte Friis Kjeldsen

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Abstract

Definitions: In this article, we use 'telemedicine' as an umbrella term for all the 'tele-' labels that are sometimes used rather indiscriminately to denote the use of information and technology to support healthcare services, including 'telehealth', 'telemonitoring', 'telehomecare', 'e-health', and so on. As per our definition, telemedicine may be synchronous and/or asynchronous, and may apply to any information and technology-based means of connecting healthcare actors and the patient, such as video communication, e-mail, electronic monitoring equipment, and Internet portals. Furthermore, the term 'telemedical initiative' covers projects in which telemedicine is conducted by a temporary project organisation, as well as self-contained telemedicine services used in daily, clinical practice in existing organisations.

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