Review on the state of telemedicine and eHealth in Iceland.
| dc.contributor.author | Palsson, Thorgeir | |
| dc.contributor.author | Valdimarsdottir, Margret | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-03-31T11:32:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-03-31T11:32:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-12-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2008-03-31 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Int J Circumpolar Health 2004, 63(4):349-55 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1239-9736 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 15709311 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2336/21972 | |
| dc.description | To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This article provides an overview of telemedicine and other eHealth activities in Iceland. Several telemedicine projects, which have been running since 1996, are described. The projects include teleradiology, teleobstetrics, telepsychiatry, maritime telemedicine, telemedicine in surgery, telepathology and a project for the use of telemedicine in various consultations. The role of the Icelandic Health-net for telemedicine, including projects for teleobstetrics and telemedicine for emergency medicine, is described with the projects included:. A few other eHealth activities, including electronic patient record and information systems, are also described. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | International Union For Circumpolar Health And The Nordic Society Of Arctic Medicine | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://ijch.fi/issues/634/634_Palsson.pdf | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Health Status | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Iceland | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Internet | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Medical Informatics | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Medical Informatics Applications | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | National Health Programs | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Program Development | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Program Evaluation | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Quality of Health Care | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Remote Consultation | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Telemedicine | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Telepathology | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Teleradiology | en |
| dc.title | Review on the state of telemedicine and eHealth in Iceland. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Division of Clinical Engineering and Physics, University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik. thorgeir@lsh.is | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | International journal of circumpolar health | en |
| html.description.abstract | This article provides an overview of telemedicine and other eHealth activities in Iceland. Several telemedicine projects, which have been running since 1996, are described. The projects include teleradiology, teleobstetrics, telepsychiatry, maritime telemedicine, telemedicine in surgery, telepathology and a project for the use of telemedicine in various consultations. The role of the Icelandic Health-net for telemedicine, including projects for teleobstetrics and telemedicine for emergency medicine, is described with the projects included:. A few other eHealth activities, including electronic patient record and information systems, are also described. |