Telemedicine and telehealth have consistently been shown to be effective in regular medical and surgical practice, primary care, second opinion to extreme conditions, such as crises, disasters, remote areas or limited-resource locations. The aim of this book is to bring all aspects of telemedicine and e-health to the reader in a simple, make-sense approach in one tome. The book is structured in four parts with 29 chapters written by the best experts in the field from around the world including clinicians, scientists, and administrators. Part I deals with basic principles of telemedicine and telepresence. It outlines the changed perception of telemedicine and how commonsense, the healthcare industry, and patients as consumers are driving it. Current technological developments, rules and regulations, legal aspects and consent are also addressed. Part II describes strategies for building sustainable telemedicine and telehealth programs. Part III describes outcomes based evidence clinical applications of telemedicine. It elaborates on current evidence-based clinical telemedicine from primary care, pathology, dermatology, psychiatry, cardiology, pediatrics, homecare and trauma, emergency, ambulance-based telemedicine, stroke, and surgery. Finally, Part IV depicts the next generation of telemedicine and telepresence. This includes surgical telementoring and teleproctoring, the promises and hurdles of telemedicine, and telemedicine in austere conditions.  serves as a valuable resource that focuses on providing patients care from a distance using store and forward technology to live actual performance of operations at a distance. weiterlesen