Artículos de revistas
Telemedicine: its importance in cardiology practice. Experience in Chile
Fecha
2017Registro en:
Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications Vol. 2 No. 3 (2017) 325–331
10.15212/CVIA.2016.0043
Autor
Escobar Cerda, Edgardo
Akel Ananias, Carlos
Institución
Resumen
There is a growing need worldwide to take medical care to distant locations far from the main urban centers, particularly to rural areas. Furthermore, there is the ethical imperative to provide equal access to medical care to all patients, regardless of their place of residence, so as to satisfy an increasingly demanding population. A widespread problem, from which cardiology is not excepted, is the insufficient number of specialists and their uneven distribution. The upsurge in information and communications technology has made available a large collection of tools, mainly computers, smartphones, e-mail, and the Internet, to name just a few, to meet the needs of communication between individuals and organizations. This article defines telemedicine and describes its application in the practice of cardiology and its impact in Chile.