title: Use of telemedicine technologies in the management of infectious diseases: a review.
abstract: Telemedicine technologies are rapidly being integrated into infectious diseases programs with the aim of increasing access to infectious diseases specialty care for isolated populations and reducing costs. We summarize the utility and effectiveness of telemedicine in the evaluation and treatment of infectious diseases patients. The use of telemedicine in the management of acute infectious diseases, chronic hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus, and active pulmonary tuberculosis is considered. We recapitulate and evaluate the advantages of telemedicine described in other studies, present challenges to adopting telemedicine, and identify future opportunities for the use of telemedicine within the realm of clinical infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa.
authors.forename: Parmvir
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Hospital and Regional Viral Hepatitis Telemedicine Program.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mackie
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Hospital and Regional Viral Hepatitis Telemedicine Program.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa Ottawa Hospital and Regional Viral Hepatitis Telemedicine Program Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: HIV; hepatitis C virus; infectious diseases; telemedicine; tuberculosis