Sørensen Tove, Rivett Ulrike, Fortuin Jill
Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, Tromso, Norway.
J Telemed Telecare. 2008;14(1):37-41. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2007.070502.
Telemedicine and e-health systems have been proposed as a support tool, to monitor and evaluate HIV/AIDS management strategies. The aim of the present study was to provide an overview of telemedicine and e-health systems for HIV/AIDS in South Africa as a basis for developing an e-health toolkit for anti-retroviral treatment (ART). An initial literature review and a subsequent interactive networking approach were chosen to identify telemedicine and e-health systems, projects and services for HIV/AIDS and ART facilities in low-resource settings and under-served areas. The literature review produced little useful information. In contrast, the face-to-face interviews and the focus group discussions provided useful information about projects and systems which had not been published. The meetings involved 1 - 5 people per session, about 30 people in total. The review showed that there were some plans for telemedicine and e-health implementation in South Africa. However, there was no all-inclusive ICT-based system in place for AIDS treatment there. With the exception of the major health information systems and electronic patient record systems, none of the telemedicine and e-health systems identified in the review were ready to be deployed across the country as a whole.
远程医疗和电子健康系统已被提议作为一种支持工具，用于监测和评估艾滋病毒/艾滋病管理策略。本研究的目的是概述南非用于艾滋病毒/艾滋病的远程医疗和电子健康系统，为开发抗逆转录病毒治疗（ART）电子健康工具包奠定基础。我们选择了初步文献综述和随后的交互式网络方法，以识别资源匮乏地区和服务不足地区用于艾滋病毒/艾滋病及抗逆转录病毒治疗设施的远程医疗和电子健康系统、项目及服务。文献综述几乎未提供有用信息。相比之下，面对面访谈和焦点小组讨论提供了有关未发表项目和系统的有用信息。每次会议有1至5人参与，总共约30人。审查表明，南非有一些远程医疗和电子健康实施计划。然而，当地尚无用于艾滋病治疗的全面基于信息通信技术的系统。除主要的健康信息系统和电子病历系统外，审查中识别出的远程医疗和电子健康系统均未准备好全面推广至全国。
