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Addressing digital divide: experiment on tele-medicine applications using broadband wireless system in rural areas

Achmad Rully, T.N. Tan, D. Erkin, Yoshiyori Urano · 2005

Summary. Researchers implemented a broadband wireless LAN system in rural hospitals in Vietnam's Hatinh province to deliver telemedicine services. The project tested video transmission, X-ray image sharing, and electronic medical document exchange. User surveys revealed system effectiveness and identified lessons for expanding telemedicine applications in rural healthcare settings.

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Rully, A., Tan, T., Erkin, D., & Urano, Y.. (2005). Addressing digital divide: experiment on tele-medicine applications using broadband wireless system in rural areas. https://doi.org/10.1109/wocn.2005.1435997

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DOI
10.1109/wocn.2005.1435997
Countries
Vietnam
Regions
Asia
Categories
broadband-and-digital, rural-healthcare
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2026-04-28