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Backgrounder on telehealth activities in First Nations and Inuit communities : Telehealth strategic planning overview

12 Aug 2004

Expanding Diagnosis and Treatment Options Technology is allowing for the improved quality of imaging and the increased capacity for care and monitoring in the home and community. [...] At the same time, there are various system-wide barriers and constraints influencing the potential for broader adoption of telehealth in health care: - the lack of adequate telecommunications bandwidth and connectivity; - the fragmented regulatory environment, and the lack of uniform statutes and codes of practice for the implementation of technologies by health professionals; - the general impact [...] The lack of a modern telecommunications infrastructure and access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in First Nations and Inuit communities significantly limits opportunities to link federal health facilities to health programs and services delivered through provincial and territorial telehealth networks. [...] The document includes a selective sampling of the wealth of information available on the subject of telehealth, at a level intended to be sufficient to allow the reader to gain a good understanding of the telehealth topic and related activities. [...] Discussions with and input from policy makers, health professionals, senior bureaucrats, and First Nation and Inuit partners, have identified numerous reasons for supporting the policy and financial investments that would be needed to initiate and sustain a telecommunications infrastructure and telehealth network for First Nation and Inuit communities.
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Pages
18
Published in
Canada

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