14-16 April 2010, Luxembourg.Dr. Jan von Overbeck, Chief Medical Officer of MEDGATE, the Swiss Center for Telemedicine, will present a Clinical Telemedicine Course on Friday April 16th at Med-e-Tel 2010.
The course will give an insight into how clinical telemedicine works in the largest European telemedical center. After a short theoretical introduction, the course will present genuine cases from MEDGATE's telemedicine outpatient department to illustrate the possibilities and potential risks of clinical telemedicine.
Child care represents an important part of MEDGATE's daily work (about 30%) and will be specifically treated in the course.
Telebiomonitoring is used for diabetic as well as for heart failure patients. Dr. von Overbeck will present how to use telemedical follow-ups and telebiomonitoring to improve the treatment compliance and outcome.
The course is accessible with the regular registration to Med-e-Tel 2010.
For further information and registration, please visit:
http://www.medetel.eu
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Med-e-Tel focuses on ehealth and telemedicine applications and a wide range of other medical ICT applications and on the convergence of information and communication technology with medical applications, which lead to higher quality of care, cost reductions, workflow efficiency, and widespread availability of healthcare services.
The "Med" in Med-e-Tel stands for healthcare services (institutional and home based care, prevention and education) and for medical products and equipment (medical imaging equipment, monitoring devices, electronic health records, etc.).
The "e" stands for the electronic and IT industry and services (hard- & software, internet, e-mail, etc.).
The "Tel" stands for telecommunications (whether it is POTS, ISDN, wireless, satellite, videoconferencing, VoIP, or other).
For further information, please visit www.medetel.eu.