A Telecardiology Framework for Rural Area

The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) provides an opportunity to improve the quality of patient life. The availability of sustainable telecardiology system in Malaysia is essential to overcome shortage of cardiology services in rural area. This paper elaborates the framework including requirements of telecardiology technology to meet the current condition of telecommunication infrastructures in Malaysia rural area. Furthermore, a new infrastructure of wireless telecardiology technology is proposed for rural area. This new infrastructure will help cardiologist to remote monitoring their patient in rural area and remote supervising the medical doctors at public non-specialist hospitals. Key-Words: Cardiologist, Information and communication technology (ICT), Telecardiology, Framework, Wireless, Rural, Malaysia

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