A Latin American telemedicine social perspective from a Colombian telemedicine center initiative.

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.