Telemedicine

I just found this article on an African nes website. It's about the indian telemedicine development project in Ethiopia, however, the example cites is actually one from iPath and University of Basel:

- http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/414/16/13754.html

 

Do you know Google Maps. Isn't it a very intuitive way of looking at the world map and zooming down to small object. Well, exactly what a pathologist does on the microscope. The natural consequence ... "Google Slides" ...
I did a quick and dirty prototype and it really works. have a look here.

One of the last obstacles preventing a more widespread application of telemedicine seems to be vanishing. Patients – particularly in rural areas – may have more access to medical specialists after Indiana announced Monday that its Medicaid program will begin covering telemedicine - full story.

A new swiss teledermatology portal dermArena is now hosted on iPath. Please visit dermArena on-line.