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27/06/2005
- Telehealth is implemented in health centres in Venda Nova.
The
Ceú Azul Health Centre makes its first teleconsultation this Friday,
June 17, at 11 o'clock. The unit is one of the firsts to benefit from
the expansion of the telemedicine project in the Venda Nova region. The
unit is at Alice Marques street n.187, Ceú Azul neighbourhood,
and it covers an area where 18,000 people live.
Daily, around 800 users are attended in the unit, which counts with six
family health teams, gynaecologist, paediatrician, teams of dentists and
mental health.
The Telehealth project "BHTELEMED" is aimed for professionals
of family health and allows clinical case discussion in "real"
time, using videoconferences and sharing medical records and images.
The project started in March 2004, made possible by a partnership between
the City Hall of Belo Horizonte, the Federal University of Minas Gerais
and the GVC(Group of Civil Volunteers) from Bologna, Italy, with financing
from the @LIS program - Aliance for a information society - from the European
Union.
It was implemented initially in 14 basic health units in the western region
of the city connected virtually to the "Clínicas" Hospital
of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
The project formulates a model of telehealth/telemedicine for less complex
levels of the health system, specially the primary level. Through the
project it's possible to solve around 80% of clinical cases.
The BHTELEMED allows second medical diagnoses related to a certain case
and, in this way, a quicker and more secure solution can be found and
patients can be treated in the health centres.
In the western region of the city, 75% of the cases debated via telemedicine
were treated in health centres and were not taken to any hospitals.
Another use of Telemedicine is the continued education of health professionals,
establishing courses and long distance training courses.
In September 2004 was held the first international Telehealth event, with
the transmission of a lecture on Asthma , transmitted from the Centre
Hospitalier Universitaires of Rouen, France, to the "Clínicas"
Hospital and to the 14 health centres.
The Municipal Secretary's Office of Health plans to implement the BHTELEMED
in other health units, covering all the regions of the capital.
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