Book Description:
Telemedicine is a rapidly developing application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred via telephone, the Internet or other networks for the purpose of consulting, and sometimes remote medical procedures or examinations.
Telemedicine may be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone, or as complex as using satellite technology and video-conferencing equipment to conduct a real-time consultation between medical specialists in two different countries. Telemedicine generally refers to the use of communications and information technologies for the delivery of clinical care. This book presents the latest research in this field from around the globe.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Telehealth Technology Applications with Underserved Conduct Disorder Child and Adolescent Populations;pp. 1-21
(Thomas W. Miller, Psychiatry, College of Medicine University of Kentucky, Robert J. Reese, Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology College of Education, Krystal Frieson, Psychology, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, College of Education, University of Kentucky)

Exploring the Versatility of Telemedicine in Diverse Medical Arenas;pp. 23-39
(Pennie S. Seibert, Carin M. Patterson, Caitlin C. Otto, Missy B. Coblentz, Idaho Neurological Institute and Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise State University, Idaho, USA, et al.)

Telemedicine Utilization Reports and Evaluation;pp. 41-53
(Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, Carol, E. Smith, University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing)

Clinical Evaluation of a Wireless Telemedicine System;pp. 55-65
(Sapal Tachakra, Central Middlesex Hospital, Konstantinos Banitsas, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Yong Hua Song, E&CE, School of Engineering & Design Brunel University, West London UK)

Pediatric Telemedicine;pp. 67-75
(Eugen-Matthias Strehle, Neuromuscular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, North Tyneside General Hospital, UK)

The Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Critical Care Telemedicine Systems;pp. 77-94
(C. Dafonte, B. Arcay, Department of Information and Communications Technologies, University of A Coruña, Spain)

Lessons Learned After Ten Years of Telepsychiatry Practice;pp. 95-107
(Carlos de las Cuevas, Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of La Laguna, Telepsychiatry Service, Canary Islands, Spain)

Patient and Provider Needs in EHealth: A Necessary Challenge for the Future Evolution of the Field;pp. 109-116
(Silke Schmidt, University Medical Centre of Hamburg)

Rethinking the Development of Telemedicine Using an Integrative Rationale;pp. 117-141
(Luc Bonneville, Sylvie Grosjean, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa)

Telemedicine with Digital Video Transport System over a Worldwide Academic Network;pp. 143-164
(Shuji Shimizu, Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Hospital, Koji Okamura, Computing and Communications Center, Kyushu University, Naoki Nakashima, Department of Medical Informatics, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan)

Watermarking and PKCS Security Technology in Telemedicine;pp. 165-170
(Sapal Tachakra, Central Middlesex Hospital, Farzahn Tachakra, Konstantinos Banitsas, E&CE, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, West London, UK)

Interoperability in Home-care Systems: An End-to-End Approach;pp. 171-186
(Vassilis Koutkias, Ioanna Chouvarda and Nicos Maglaveras, Laboratory of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

A Ka Band WCDMA-Based Transport Architecture in Mobile Telemedicine;pp. 187-201
(Chin Feng Lin, Jiang-Yao Chen, Rung-Hua Shiu, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan-Ocean University, Taiwan ROC; Shun-Hsyung Chang, Department of Microeletronic Engineering, National Kaohsuing Marine University, Taiwan ROC)

Telemedicine in Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Era of Primary PCI: Reduction of Treatment Delay and Mortality;pp. 203-215
(Roberto Zanini, Marco Aroldi, Silvia Bonatti, Luca Tomasi, Department of Cardiology, Mantova City Hospital "Carlo Poma", Italy)

Telemedicine Platform for Home Monitoring in Chronic Diseases;pp. 217-226
(Andrea Tura, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Research Council, David Longo, Paolo Santini, Luca Quareni, QBGROUP Spa, Padova, Italy)

Robotic Cardiac Surgery in the 21st Century;pp. 227-242
(Paul Modi, Evelio Rodriguez, East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC)

Application of Technology to Enable Community Cardiac Rehabilitation for Chronic Disease Management;pp. 243-260
(Mohanraj Karunanithi, Antti Sarela, Niranjan Bidargaddi, CSIRO ICT Centre Brisbane, Australia)

Index pp.261-279