Telemedicine to Timor-Leste: implementing an international cardiac telehealth service during population dislocation, floods and COVID-19.
Elizabeth Davida ParatzNicki MockDiana MarquesWill WilsonVirag KushwahaSimon EggletonJess HarriesSergio da SilvaAnary Dos Santos da SilvaJuliana SaramentoJoaquina de Sousa MauraysRicardo FlavioAri HortonSarah GutmanLouise CreatiPeter BarlisAlan AppelbeNoel BayleyPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2022)
Our pilot telehealth clinics indicate that capacity-building telemedicine can be rapidly implemented in an emergency setting internationally. Clinic design benefits from careful identification and resolution of challenges to optimise flow. Cardiac patients in Timor-Leste have a significant burden of disease amenable to intervention.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- healthcare
- left ventricular
- coronavirus disease
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- emergency department
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- sars cov
- public health
- mental health
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- clinical trial
- heart failure
- study protocol
- single molecule
- quality improvement