TY - JOUR
T1 - Telemedicine in the Service of Peace
AU - Shanit, Dan
AU - Striebel, Werner
AU - Michelson, Georg
AU - Ayed, Saida
AU - Assi, Samer al
AU - Belfair, Nadav
AU - Ben-Simon, Guy
AU - Hamida, Fafani
AU - Kanawati, Charlie
AU - Lifshitz, Tova
AU - Madia, Ghassan
AU - Rafi, Mostafa
AU - Tahat, Atef
AU - Treister, Giora
AU - Tucktuck, Khalid
AU - Zaghloul, Khalid
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - Ophthalmology is well suited to telemedicine, since optical and imaging devices provide the basis for virtually all ophthalmic patient evaluations. We established the Middle East Ophthalmology Network among ophthalmologists working in 10 major ophthalmology centres in Israel, Jordan, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority and Tunisia. The project offered some 50 physicians around the Middle East the opportunity to benefit from sharing clinical consultation for diagnosis and management decisions beyond physical and political boundaries. In the first year, over 100 consultations took place. The system overcame some of the constraints imposed by the uneven distribution of medical resources and expertise in the region, reduced professional isolation, encouraged more collaboration between physicians and offered ‘peace dividends' from cooperation between physicians across the political divide.
AB - Ophthalmology is well suited to telemedicine, since optical and imaging devices provide the basis for virtually all ophthalmic patient evaluations. We established the Middle East Ophthalmology Network among ophthalmologists working in 10 major ophthalmology centres in Israel, Jordan, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority and Tunisia. The project offered some 50 physicians around the Middle East the opportunity to benefit from sharing clinical consultation for diagnosis and management decisions beyond physical and political boundaries. In the first year, over 100 consultations took place. The system overcame some of the constraints imposed by the uneven distribution of medical resources and expertise in the region, reduced professional isolation, encouraged more collaboration between physicians and offered ‘peace dividends' from cooperation between physicians across the political divide.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/15344347470
U2 - 10.1177/1357633X020080S235
DO - 10.1177/1357633X020080S235
M3 - Article
C2 - 12217146
AN - SCOPUS:15344347470
SN - 1357-633X
VL - 8
SP - 76
EP - 77
JO - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
JF - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
ER -