A Mobile Telemedicine Unit for Use in North-West Russia

Project description

Purpose: Improve access to health care in rural areas of Arkhangelsk Oblast (county) by means of telemedicine.

Objective: Constructing a portable telemedicine unit for use during emergency and screening of population in the districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Target group: The population in rural areas of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

The project developed and tested a portable telemedicine unit for emergency purposes in Arkhangelsk Oblast. The first phase included tests of 47 patients before the unit was improved and then retested on ca 600 patients in 2001. ECG were mostly transferred during the screening. Project partners were several departments at the Regional Clinical Hospital in Arkhangelsk amongst them the Telemedicine Centre.

Publications

Manankova Bye S, Sørensen T. Telemedisin i Nordvest-Russland. Avslutningsrapport. [Final report]. June 2001.

Manankova Bye S, Sørensen T. Russlands-prosjektet, Årsrapport 1999. [Annual report]. NST report, March 2000.

Uldal SB, Amerkhanov J, Manankova Bye S, Mokeev A, Norum J. A mobile telemedicine unit for emergency and screening purposes: experience from north-west Russia. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2004; 10: 11-15.

Uldal SB, Manankova S, Kozlov V. Choosing a PC-based ECG System for a Mobile Telemedicine Unit. Telemedicine Today, June 1999.

Project period

The project period ended in June 2001. The unit has been utilized both during emergencies and screening of the population in rural areas.

Funding

The Barents Secretariat and Interreg Barents funded the project.

Project manager

Svetlana M. Bye, e-mail: svetlana.manankova.bye@telemed.no, tel.: +47 905 18 326.

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