E-health readiness assessment: promoting "hope" in the health-care institutions of Pakistan.

e-Health readiness refers to the preparedness of health-care institutions to implement programmes that involve use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in provision and management of health services. Level of readiness depends on a number of factors that lead to success or failure of e-health programmes, and thus increase or decrease hope of achieving the desired results. This report presents results from in-depth interviews conducted during a larger study and presents views of managers and health-care providers from various institutions in Pakistan about the usefulness of e-health readiness assessment tools.

The impact of curriculum on a national telehealth program.

Pakistan developed a curriculum for training in telemedicine based upon international experience and regional needs. The curriculum was offered to selected specialists across the spectrum of medicine, policymakers, and engineer experts. The curriculum was experience based and hands-on.

e-Health readiness assessment tools for healthcare institutions in developing countries.

e-Health Readiness refers to the preparedness of healthcare institutions or communities for the anticipated change brought by programs related to Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This paper presents e-Health Readiness assessment tools developed for healthcare institutions in developing countries. The objectives of the overall study were to develop e-health readiness assessment tools for public and private healthcare institutions in developing countries, and to test these tools in Pakistan.

Comparison of store and forward method of teledermatology with face-to-face consultation.

Background: To compare the accuracy of store and forward method of teledermatology with the traditional face-to-face consultation.

Methods: The comparison was done between Institute of Dermatology King Edward Medical College Lahore that served as teledermatology center and Dermatology Department of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad from where patients were selected. Telmedpak provided the technical support.