A5011813775- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Social Media in Health Education
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Cleft Lip and Palate Research
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Global Health and Surgery
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- dental development and anomalies
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2015-2024
Flinders University
2020-2023
University of Calgary
2020
Great Ormond Street Hospital
1988-2010
University College London
1988-2010
American College of Surgeons
2005-2007
Royal Hospital for Children
1997
King Edward VIII Hospital
1988-1991
Middlesex Hospital
1988
SickKids Foundation
1988
During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has emerged worldwide as an indispensable resource to improve surveillance of patients, curb spread disease, facilitate timely identification and management ill people, but, most importantly, guarantee continuity care frail patients with multiple chronic diseases. Although during thrived, its adoption moved forward in many countries, important gaps still remain. Major issues be addressed enable large scale implementation include: (1) establishing...
Abstract: In a setting of constant change and confusing terminology, telehealth continues to gain ground in both developed developing countries within the overarching milieu e-health. Evidence shows has been used essentially all world, but is embedded few. Uses needs vary between world; latter struggles with communicable diseases noncommunicable diseases, very few resources. Common clinical applications include teleconsultation, telecardiology (transmission ECGs), teleradiology,...
Permanent hearing loss is a leading global health care burden, with 1 in 10 people affected to mild or greater degree. A shortage of trained healthcare professionals and associated infrastructure resource limitations mean that services are unavailable the majority world population. Utilizing information communication technology care, tele-audiology, combined automation offer unique opportunities for improved clinical widespread access services, more cost-effective sustainable care....
Significant investment in eHealth solutions is being made nearly every country of the world. How do we know that these investments and foregone opportunity costs are correct ones? Absent, poor, or vague strategy a significant barrier to effective in, implementation of, sustainable establishment an favorable policy environment. Strategy driving force, first essential ingredient, can place countries charge their own destiny inform them necessary achieve it. In last 2 years, there has been...
Background: mHealth applications provide health practitioners with platforms that enable disease management, facilitate drug adherence, speed up diagnosis, monitor outbreaks, take and transfer medical images, advice. Many developing economies are investing more in mobile telecommunication infrastructure than road transport electric power generation. Despite this, has not seen widespread adoption by healthcare workers the world. This study reports a scoping review of factors impact world,...
This study examined features of dental occlusion in patients born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). The intention was to develop 'Goslon type' index for 5 year old children. Goslon ranking system used on longitudinal models taken at 10 years age the same patients. All had UCLP this been repaired using Millard type repair Veau Wardill or Von Langenbeck palatal closure. There good intra-examiner agreement ascribing one five categories (excellent-very poor). Inter-examiner both...
Experience with the management of 202 patients 210 traumatic arteriovenous fistulas is reported. Penetrating trauma accounted for 98 per cent injuries caused mainly by stabs (63 cent) and missile wounds (26 cent). Seven 15 shotgun had multiple lesions. Over half all occurred in cervico-mediastinal vessels; abdominal thoracic vessels were infrequently involved. The upper limbs involved 22 lower 20 cent. Some 133 diagnosed treated within 1 week injury; 69 presented to 12 years later. Machinery...
Summary Objectives: Assess unforeseen consequences of Telehealth and suggest solutions Methods: An outline was created collecting all possible ill effects classified into Clinical considerations, Administrative concerns including interpersonal relations, Technical issues, Legal / Ethical Miscellaneous. Each topic assigned to a particular WG member lead, gather opinion review existing literature. Results Conclusion: A wide array problems have been described. Except for technical literature on...
In March 2020, the Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness approved a National eHealth Strategy. Although milestone, strategy does not mention telemedicine. There is need to address this by developing an evidence-based adjunct for telemedicine facilitate its introduction adoption. To do so, several stages published Strategy Development Framework were mimicked. This allowed situational awareness be created through exploring behavioural factors perceptions that might influence adoption in...
E-health (information and communication technology that facilitates health care) is expanding in developed, developing, least-developed countries. E-health's ability to transcend sociopolitical boundaries holds the potential create a borderless world for systems care delivery. But policy needed guide e-health development limited just now emerging developed What's foster growth developing thoughtful facilitate patient mobility data exchange, across both international borders regional within
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has a disproportionate burden of disease and an extreme shortage health workers. There are already too few doctors to train in specialities sub-specialties. E-health is seen as possible solution through distance education, telemedicine, computerized information systems but there people trained e-health. We describe 12 years experience at the University KwaZulu-Natal (UKZ-N) education training postgraduate medical disciplines, informatics, telemedicine. Medical...
The smartphone simplifies interprofessional communication, and applications can facilitate telemedicine activity. Much has been written about the steps that need to be followed implement establish a successful service is integrated into everyday clinical practice. A traditional systematic approach evolved incorporating activities such as strategy development, needs assessment, business cases plans, readiness implementation change management interventions, ongoing monitoring evaluation. This...
In developing countries like Uganda, there are shortages of health workers especially medical specialists. The referral process is frustrating to both patients and (HWs). This due delays in accessing laboratory results/tests, costs travel with resultant delay consulting Telemedicine can help reduce these problems. To facilitate successful sustainable telemedicine implementation the eHealth readiness different stakeholders should be undertaken. study was conducted at public facilities (HFs)...