World Health Organization

Telemedicine: Opportunities and Developments in Member States: Report on the Second Global Survey on Ehealth 2009 (Global Observatory for Ehealth Series) World Health Organization 1st edition

The eHealth series is primarily meant for government ministries of health, information technology, and telecommunications, as well as others working in eHealth ? academics, researchers, eHealth professionals, nongovernmental organizations, and donors.

The telemedicine module of the 2009 survey examined the current level of development of four fields of telemedicine: teleradiology, teledermatogy, telepathology, and telepsychology, as well as four mechanisms that facilitate the promotion and development of telemedicine solutions in the short- and long-term: the use of a national agency, national policy or strategy, scientific development, and evaluation. Telemedicine: Opportunities and Developments in Member States discusses the results of the telemedicine module, which was completed by 114 countries (59% of Member States).