Impact of hospital-based early detection on management in chronic kidney disease: the CKD Stewardship study (CKD-S) - protocol for a prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study.

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) causes significant morbidity and mortality. Medical therapies can reduce the progression of disease by up to 50%. CKD is undiagnosed in the majority of people who have it, resulting in undertreatment.

Telemedicine in the Solomon Islands: 2006 to 2009.

Telemedicine has been used in the Solomon Islands since 2000. We used quantitative and qualitative methods to examine telemedicine use in the Solomon Islands from January 2006 to June 2009. During the study period 66 telemedicine cases were submitted to the store and forward telemedicine system being used there.