title: Mapping telemedicine efforts: surveying regional initiatives in Denmark.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to survey telemedicine services currently in operation across Denmark. The study specifically seeks to answer the following questions: What initiatives are deployed within the different regions? What are the motivations behind the projects? What technologies are being utilized? What medical disciplines are being supported using telemedicine systems?
  
  
  METHODS
  All data were surveyed from the Telemedicinsk Landkort, a newly created database designed to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of all telemedicine technologies in Denmark.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of this study suggest that a growing numbers of telemedicine initiatives are currently in operation across Denmark but that considerable variations exist in terms of regional efforts as the number of operational telemedicine projects varied from region to region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study provide a timely picture of the factors that are shaping the telemedicine landscape of Denmark and suggest potential strategies to help policymakers increase and improve national telemedicine deployment.
authors: Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen , København S, Denmark .
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Kierkegaard
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D003710:Demography; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D066275:Health Information Exchange; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: e-health; information management; policy; telehealth; telemedicine