title: A Latin American telemedicine social perspective from a Colombian telemedicine center initiative.
abstract: This paper describes a collaborative initiative for developing a telemedicine model on for Colombia and Latin America from a social perspective. This was led by the Colombian Telemedicine Center (CTMC) with the participation of teams from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Argentina, in addition to on-going interaction with academic institutions such as Javeriana University, Icesi University, and Murcia University.
authors.affiliation: Colombian Telemedicine Center, Cali, Colombia. javelez@colombiantelemed.org
authors.forename: Jorge Alberto
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Velez Beltran
authors.forename: Andrés Adolfo Navarro
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Newball
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003906:Developing Countries; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007843:Latin America; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012924:Social Conditions; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*