Telemedicine for Children's Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Capello, Fabio (Editor), Naimoli, Andrea E. (Editor), Pili, Giuseppe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: TELe-Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pediatrics.; Primary care (Medicine).; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Bioinformatics.; Medical education.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Primary Care Medicine.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Medical Education.

This book describes in detail the potential role of ICT and electronic systems, together with the application of Web 2.0 technologies, in telepediatrics and child health. Rather than simply proposing engineering solutions that may soon become outdated, it is designed to address those real needs that...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Perceived needs in paediatrics and children’s health: Overview and Background
• PART I FIELDS OF APPLICATION: 2 The Community
• 3 Telemedicine in acute settings and secondary care: The Hospital
• 4 Management at home: The chronic child
• 5 Overtaking the distances: The child with special needs
• PART II TECHNICAL ISSUES: 6 Connectivity, Devices and Interfaces: Worldwide interconnections
• 7 Technology and Social Web: Social worldwide interactions
• PART III COMPLEX SCENARIOS AND SPECIAL SETTINGS: 8 Rural and Extreme Rural Settings: Reducing Distances and Managing Extreme Scenarios
• 9 Telepediatrics in Developing Countries: A better care for children in low-income settings
• PART IV e-LEARNING: 10 eLearning: Distant learning for health professionals that works with children
• 11 Health Education: Teaching healthy lifestyles for a high quality of life
• 12 Conclusions.