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E-Health in Practice - No. 1 (May 2008)
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E-Health in Practice
Vol. 1, No. 1 (May 2008)
Produced by HealthConnect International, the E-Health in Practice Bulletin aims to highlight useful tools, resources, and examples of e-health applications that health professionals in developing countries can apply in their own environments. It is also intended to serve as a forum for readers to share resources and experiences. To suggest or contribute ideas or content for future issues of the bulletin, please contact: bulletin@healthconnect-intl.org
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In this issue (Links with details of articles included. Moderator):
The bulletin is organized into departments covering four broad e-health subject areas. Each department includes one or more tools, resources, projects, or opportunities. Future issues of the bulletin will also include a calendar of upcoming conferences, trainings, and events relevant to e-health in developing countries.
E-Health Practice Area No. 1. Evidence-based Practice and Access to Health Research
a.. Resource: Guide to Online Electronic Medical Libraries
http://www.eurasiahealth.org/eng/health/resources/81628/
http://toolkit.lrcnetwork.info/English/Training/LibGuide-Eng.pdf
b.. Tool: Ann O'Tate - A tool to summarize, drill-down and browse
PubMed search results http://www.j-biomed-discovery.com/content/3/1/2
E-Health Practice Area No. 2. Information Systems and Electronic Health Records
a.. Resource: Open MRS - An Open-source Electronic Medical Record System Framework for Resource-constrained Environments
E-Health Practice Area No. 3. Telemedicine
http://www.openmrs.org/wiki/OpenMRS/
a.. Project: RAFT - A Telemedicine Network for Africa
http://raft.hcuge.ch/
b.. Resource: iPath - An Open-source Telemedicine Platform
http://telemed.ipath.ch/ipath/
E-Health Practice Area No. 4. Distance Learning and Continuing Medical Education
a.. Resource: OR Live - Online surgical and health care videos and webcasts
http://www.or-live.com
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Mark Storey
mailto:mstorey@igc.org