Telemedicine Project In Africa: “Salud 2.0â€
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Abstract
Telemedicine Project In Africa: “Salud 2.0â€
Fundacion Recover Hospitales para Ãfrica is a spanish NPO specialized in hospital cooperation committed to Africa’s Health and well-being of African people.
Africa suffers 24% of world´s illness, managing it with 3% of the health professionals in the world and with 1% of the funds.
In Subsaharian Africa there are no specialists (Cameroun has 20 radiologists for 20,000,000 people)
Our challenge is to connect African general Doctors with Spanish Specialists Doctors.
To achieve our goal we are developing the Project Pilot “Salud 2.0†to connect African general Doctors (with no specialty) located in hospitals with a non-profit strategy, with a network of Spanish specialist, volunteers, committed to Africa’s reality.
The objectives of the project are
I. Offer a medical assessment support of cases of African patients
II. Training
III. Develop of knowledge and medical research.
We use a very simple tool. A medical exchange platform (like Facebook), called MEDTING where each case has a file in only one screen. The Spanish volunteer doctor can analyze this file from his computer in his free time.
Our method is:
a) Design of a structure of networking in MEDTING
b) Training
c) Monitoring and support
We obtained excellent results in the first PILOT- project (started in 2013):
- Training for African Doctors but also for Spanish Doctors who get to see very rare cases
- Better treatment for African patients
- Generation of Knowledge (academic database)
- Beginning of shared publishing between the African & Spanish doctors
- Low cost for initial investment and annual maintenance
PILOT 2013
Connected Hospitals 3 (Cameroon)
African doctors 13 (equivalent to 40)
Spanish doctors 26 (150 consulted)
Number of clinical cases 200 / year
Complex cases
20% of the cases are requested trainings by the African doctors
Conclusions
“Salud 2.0†is an innovative and successful Project that combines charity medical assistance with a powerful generation of knowledge & training to promote a healthy environment in Africa.
This Project is an opportunity for Spanish specialists to find a way to make sanitary cooperation from “home†with continuity over time. African physicians have the opportunity of being trained being able to share their insights with Spanish specialists.
Fundacion Recover Hospitales para Ãfrica is a spanish NPO specialized in hospital cooperation committed to Africa’s Health and well-being of African people.
Africa suffers 24% of world´s illness, managing it with 3% of the health professionals in the world and with 1% of the funds.
In Subsaharian Africa there are no specialists (Cameroun has 20 radiologists for 20,000,000 people)
Our challenge is to connect African general Doctors with Spanish Specialists Doctors.
To achieve our goal we are developing the Project Pilot “Salud 2.0†to connect African general Doctors (with no specialty) located in hospitals with a non-profit strategy, with a network of Spanish specialist, volunteers, committed to Africa’s reality.
The objectives of the project are
I. Offer a medical assessment support of cases of African patients
II. Training
III. Develop of knowledge and medical research.
We use a very simple tool. A medical exchange platform (like Facebook), called MEDTING where each case has a file in only one screen. The Spanish volunteer doctor can analyze this file from his computer in his free time.
Our method is:
a) Design of a structure of networking in MEDTING
b) Training
c) Monitoring and support
We obtained excellent results in the first PILOT- project (started in 2013):
- Training for African Doctors but also for Spanish Doctors who get to see very rare cases
- Better treatment for African patients
- Generation of Knowledge (academic database)
- Beginning of shared publishing between the African & Spanish doctors
- Low cost for initial investment and annual maintenance
PILOT 2013
Connected Hospitals 3 (Cameroon)
African doctors 13 (equivalent to 40)
Spanish doctors 26 (150 consulted)
Number of clinical cases 200 / year
Complex cases
20% of the cases are requested trainings by the African doctors
Conclusions
“Salud 2.0†is an innovative and successful Project that combines charity medical assistance with a powerful generation of knowledge & training to promote a healthy environment in Africa.
This Project is an opportunity for Spanish specialists to find a way to make sanitary cooperation from “home†with continuity over time. African physicians have the opportunity of being trained being able to share their insights with Spanish specialists.
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