OncoNET Kerala - A Paradigm for Cancer Management in Developing Countries

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2005-04-08
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Presented at Med-e-tel 2005 Conference in Luxembourg
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Transferring Images: "OncoNet Kerala" - A telemedicine project, developed by Electronic Research & Development Centre (I), Trivandrum, and launched at RCC, hopes to cut down patient visits at Indian cancer hospitals by at least 30%. The project comprises an oncology network at RCC and telemedicine services in cancer detection, treatment, pain relief and patient follow-up at RCC and its peripheral centres. All the peripheral centres have been converted into teleclinics, connected with RCC through VSAT connectivity.
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This presentation was given by Dr. Aswin Kumar at the Med-e-tel 2005 Conference in Luxembourg on April 8th, 2005.
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India, Telehealth, Technology
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