Includes bibliographical references.

Policies on telemedicine-enhanced hospital services: prioritization criteria for the interventions at regional level / Angelo Rossi Mori, Mariangela Contenti, Rita Verbicaro -- Global telemedicine and ehealth: advances for future healthcare, using a systems approach to integrate healthcare functions / S. A. Davis -- E-health and telemedicine in the elderly: state of the art / Ilaria Mazzanti, Alessandro Maolo, Roberto Antonicelli -- The role of telemedicine in paediatric cardiology / Brian A. McCrossan, Frank A. Casey -- Telemedicine, the European Space Agency, and the support to the african population for infectious disease problems: potentiality and perspectives for Asia countries and China / Giorgio Parentela ... [et al.] -- DREAM Programme: use of telemedicine as a model to cooperation with Africa / Michelangelo Bartolo, Andrea Nucita -- The effects of telehealth on patients with long-term conditions in routine healthcare use and lessons from practical application / Victor Vuni Joseph -- Telemedicine utilization, availability of physicians, distance, and urbanity: an exploratory study / Ricky C. Leung -- Leading the technological innovation in healthcare systems: the telematic medicine approach / Vincenzo Gull�a -- Telemedicine service of San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital in Rome: analysis of about two years of activity (2008-early 2011) / Michelangelo Bartolo, Gianpiero Guerrieri, Andrea Nucita -- Remote follow-up of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: technology, patient management, integration with electronic records, and ICD product surveillance / David L. Scher ... [et al.] -- Remote electronic monitoring in chronic pulmonary diseases / S. Bella, F. Murgia -- Telemedicine and Alzheimer disease: ICT-based services for people with Alzheimer disease and their caregivers / Letteria Spadaro ... [et al.] -- Health services through digital terrestrial television / Aldo Franco Dragoni -- Static telecytological applications for proficiency testing / Stavros Archondakis -- Telemedicine in emergency: a first aid hospital network experience / Vincenzo Gull�a, Corrado Cancellotti -- Telemedicine R&D influencing incoming strategies and organization models / Francesco Gabbrielli -- Sensorized garments developed for remote postural and motor rehabilitation / Giovanni Saggio, Valentina Sabato, Roberto Mugavero -- Virtual carer: a first prototype / Aldo Franco Dragoni -- Agent-based wellness indicator / Chitsutha Soomlek, Luigi Benedicenti -- Life style evaluation by accelerometer / Laura Stefani ... [et al.] -- Implementation of telecytology in Georgia / Ekaterine Kldiashvili.

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"This book carefully focuses on and describes different networks that link hospitals and their services to patients outside their territory, focusing on the technology, users and collaboration necessary that are integral to the function of a telehealth network"--Provided by publisher.

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