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Experience with low-cost telemedicine in three different settings. Recommendations based on a proposed framework for network performance evaluation

Richard WoottonNorwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anton VladzymyrskyyDepartment of Informatics and Telemedicine, Donetsk R&D Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Donetsk, Ukraine
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Maria ZolfoDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Laurent BonnardotDepartment of Medical Ethics, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France;Fondation Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France
Article: 7214 | Received 19 Apr 2011, Accepted 05 Nov 2011, Published online: 06 Dec 2011

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