Abstract

LONDONO JARAMILLO, Nathalia; CASTANO JARAMILLO, Paula Andrea; MONTOYA, Diego  and  RUIZ, Carlos. TELEMEDICINE PROTOCOL FOR PSYCHIATRY CONSULTATION. Rev. ing. biomed. [online]. 2009, vol.3, n.5, pp.43-49. ISSN 1909-9762.

Colombia had are several isolated populations in areas without access to specialized health services, much less on mental health. Telemedicine is a tool that allows to provide these services, bringing specialized medicine at lower costs and similar quality through information and communication technologies. As a solution to this problem, a psychiatric tele-consultation protocol and the implementation of a web application was proposed in order to provide diagnosis and follow up to patients with mental diseases. For the development of this project; clinical and operational guidelines in Telepsychiatry services were reviewed, diseases of interest were analyzed, a software engineering process was implemented, and finally a clinical and technical evaluation were designed in order to have a feedback for the system.

Keywords : Psychiatry; Real-time Teleconsultation; Telemedicine; Telepsychiatry.

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