Telemedicine

For providing Telemedicine services Late Dr. Venkatrao Dawle Medical Foundation has signed MOU with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

ISRO will provide satellite connectivity for base and mobile Telemedicine facility.

OBJECTIVES :

Improve access to health which includes general health, Preventive & curative aspects including Cancer, Aids and other communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Reduce costs of health care delivery.

Networking with other Hospitals & NGO’s.

Research Collaborations.

Training to staff, students.

SERVICES:

Tele Consultations

Tele-pathology

Tele-radiology

Tele-cardiology

Tele-Ophthalmology

Tele-obstetrics (including antenatal care).

General Tele consultation in all the clinical subjects.

Distance Education and Training:

In addition to clinical advantage to the patients, the linkage would be very effectively used as a training tool for the courses conducted at the Centre. Teaching under graduate, post graduate programs, private medical practitioner, govt medical and paramedical staff continuing education and development are the obvious supplementary benefits.

Research and Multi-centric Studies:

The telemedicine linkage will aid to research and multi-centric studies and facilitate communication and protocol efforts in all research activities.

BENEFITS:

A. Improved access: Telemedicine can provide and improve access to health care in previously unserved or underserved areas.

B. Reduced Cost: The travel cost of the patients for specialty care to the premier centers, the personnel / equipment cost for not having to keep specialty care facility in rural hospitals, and other costs can be either eliminated or reduced.

C: Telemedicine will provide a peer and specialist contact for patient consultations and continuing education.

D. Improved quality of care: It will allow the consultation to take place among the referring physician, the consulting physician, the patient, and the patient’s family through interactive video with critical information of the patient available on-line. Also, the physicians or other personnel at remote locations can be educated during the consultations with specialty physicians and other experts, increasing their ability to treat other similar cases in the future. ·

Training Tool ·

Continuing education and development ·

Coordinate clinical research ·

Links to other networks and organizations

Services:

Services provided under telemedicine facility included Tele-Ophthalmology ,Tele-cardiology ,Tele-pathology, Cancer Telemedicine etc.

Telemedicine consultation will be provided free of cost.

Services of Super-specialty Doctors Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai. Bangalore will be available.

Continuation of Medical Education (CME) for the undergraduates & Postgraduates Medical Students, Private practitioners in differ specialties will be under taken.