Multidisciplinary Teleconsultation in Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by Michelangelo Bartolo, Fabio Ferrari

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 142
• Series: TELe-Health
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents a replicable model of multidisciplinary teleconsultation, designed and set up by Global Health Telemedicine, that offers very significant health benefits in remote and rural areas of developing countries. The model is based on experiences gained in sub-Saharan Africa while training and cooperating with local health professionals within the DREAM program, managed by the Community of Sant’Egidio. This program has to date treated almost 300,000 patients across many countries and has provided health education and disease prevention training to tens of millions. It originated in the context of the fight against AIDS but has been extended to encompass other pathologies and to exploit the capabilities of new telemedicine technologies that allow multispecialist teleconsultation (hence the acronym now represents “Disease Relief through Excellent and Advanced Means”). In addition to thorough description of the program, readers will find reflections and analysis on logistical, technical, sociological, and epidemiological issues. The book is divided into thematic chapters with easy-to-understand graphics. It will be a readily accessible source of information for professionals in international cooperation and global health students and professionals.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: HIV, TB and Malaria Epidemiology (Leonardo Palombi, Stefania Moramarco)....Pages 3-16
Chronic-Degenerative Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa (Sandro Petrolati, Fabio Ferrari)....Pages 17-24
Front Matter ....Pages 25-25
From DREAM to DREAM 2.0: An African Model (Maria Cristina Marazzi)....Pages 27-32
The DREAM Management Software (Marco Peroni, Flavio Ismael)....Pages 33-42
DREAM Centre Remote Telemonitoring (Fausto Ciccacci, Giovanni Guidotti)....Pages 43-47
DREAM Data Activity (Pietro Giglio, Michelangelo Bartolo)....Pages 49-53
DREAM 2.0 A Replicable Model (Paola Germano, Abdul Majid Noorjehan)....Pages 55-60
The Challenge of Sustainability: The Impact of DREAM Programme on the Social, Economic and Working Conditions of Patients with HIV/AIDS (Stefano Orlando)....Pages 61-67
Front Matter ....Pages 69-69
Multispecialist Teleconsultation (Michelangelo Bartolo, Fabio Ferrari)....Pages 71-77
From on the Field Training to E-Learning (Fausto Ciccacci, Kingaru Shamsi)....Pages 79-82
GHT Activity Data (Fulvio Erba, Elena Cara)....Pages 83-88
BS Innova Platform: Introduction, Framework and Technology (Giovanni Luca Soddu)....Pages 89-98
Front Matter ....Pages 99-99
The Digital Divide (M. Peroni, Michelangelo Bartolo)....Pages 101-109
Plant for Africa and Renewable Energy (Giorgio Barbaglia)....Pages 111-134

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Health Informatics; Health Administration; Internal Medicine; Imaging / Radiology; Dermatology; Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases