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Research Domains

Our team conducts telehealth research activities at international, national, provincial, regional, and local levels in four research domains:   

1. e-Health Policy and Social Benefits
   Investigation into equality of access, cross-jurisdictional care, telehealth barriers and enablers, workforce/workflow issues, and telehealth readiness from the patient/provider level to the international level.
   
   

2. e-Health Impact and Outcomes
   Research into the effectiveness, efficiency, utility, cost-benefits, quality of life, and quality of care, to provide clear evidence of ‘value’.
   
   

3. e-Health Technology Applications
   Examination of the utility and impact of telehealth technology on the human/machine interface, and investigation of video/based or web-based applications, the ‘next generation Internet’ (speed, image quality, costs, access, security, and bandwidth), and broadband, wireless and portable devices.
   
   

4. e-Health Technology Innovation
   Investigation of future (3rd wave) and new technologies (Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] and wireless technology) or new telehealth applications (Pediatric Ophthalmology). This type of activity is often of interest to industry partners, as there is a strong market for developments that have been proven to function in “real-life” situations, and where the telehealth application or technology is backed by sound research.

 

Last Updated:  February 26, 2008 

 

 

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