Estudio de viabilidad y sostenibilidad técnica, de infraestructura y humano para la implementación de un modelo de atención en Telemedicina y Telesalud rural en la provincia de Zamora Chinchipe, de Julio a Diciembre de 2013

Abstract

Telemedicine allows sharing medical information in an electronic format; therefore, if a doctor is out of a reference center can consult remotely with other physicians, and thus offer patients a diagnosis and appropriate and rapid treatment. The overall objective of a feasibility study and technical sustainability, and human infrastructure to implement a model of care in rural telemedicine and telehealth in the province of Zamora Chinchipe was performed. The method used: observation and survey, the project was puzzle type, composed of 14 students, equally distributed in different parts of the province, in order to conduct surveys of health personnel and the population served by the operating units. Results: With polls aimed at health staff observed that 60 % of workplaces have internet, scanner and printer and that 100 % of the staff is knowledgeable about the use of ICT tools. We conclude that 100 % of the operating units are minutes to start a telemedicine project.