Delivering kidney cancer care in rural Central and Southern Illinois: a telemedicine approach.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)
; 23(6): 739-44, 2014 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-25286964
ABSTRACT
There is a growing body of experience and research suggesting that telemedicine (video conferencing, smart phones and online patient portals) could be the solution to addressing gaps in the provision of specialised healthcare in rural areas. The proposed role of telemedicine in providing needed services in hard to reach areas is not new. The United States Telecommunication Act of 1996 provided the initial traction for telemedicine by removing important economic and legal obstacles regarding the use of technology in healthcare delivery. This initial ruling has been supplemented by the availability of federal funding to support efforts aimed at developing telemedicine in underserved areas. In this paper, we explore one aspect of disease disparity pertinent to rural Illinois (kidney cancer incidence and mortality) and describe how we are planning to use an existing telemedicine program at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSOM) to improve kidney cancer (Kca) care in rural Illinois. This represents an example of the possible role of telemedicine in addressing healthcare disparities in rural areas/communities and provides a description of general challenges and barriers to the implementation and maintenance of such systems.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Telemedicina
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Servicios de Salud Rural
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Atención a la Salud
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Neoplasias Renales
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos