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ReviewApplied clinical informatics2016

Telemedicine for Developing Countries. A Survey and Some Design Issues.

Carlo Combi, Gabriele Pozzani, Giuseppe Pozzi

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Review in Applied clinical informatics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

107 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Carlo Combi
Gabriele Pozzani
Giuseppe PozziGiuseppe Pozzi, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, p.za L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy, Email: giuseppe.pozzi@polimi.it.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDeveloping countries need telemedicine applications that help in many situations, when physicians are a small number with respect to the population, when specialized physicians are not available, when patients and physicians in rural villages need assistance in the delivery of health care. Moreover, the requirements of telemedicine applications for developing countries are somewhat more demanding than for developed countries. Indeed, further social, organizational, and technical aspects need to be considered for successful telemedicine applications in developing countries.

objectiveWe consider all the major projects in telemedicine, devoted to developing countries, as described by the proper scientific literature. On the basis of such literature, we want to define a specific taxonomy that allows a proper classification and a fast overview of telemedicine projects in developing countries. Moreover, by considering both the literature and some recent direct experiences, we want to complete such overview by discussing some design issues to be taken into consideration when developing telemedicine software systems.

methodsWe considered and reviewed the major conferences and journals in depth, and looked for reports on the telemedicine projects.

resultsWe provide the reader with a survey of the main projects and systems, from which we derived a taxonomy of features of telemedicine systems for developing countries. We also propose and discuss some classification criteria for design issues, based on the lessons learned in this research area.

conclusionsWe highlight some challenges and recommendations to be considered when designing a telemedicine system for developing countries.

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Surveys and QuestionnairesDeveloping CountriesHumansTelemedicinedeveloping countriesmedical recordsTelemedicine

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PMID27803948
PMCPMC5228142

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