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M-Health Telemedicine and Telepresence in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: An Innovative Prehospital Healthcare Concept in Structurally Weak Areas

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  • Katharina Witzke

    (General dental practice Bernd Hagen, Wittenburg, Germany)

  • Olaf Specht

    (Institute for Implant Technology and Biomaterials e.V., Rostock, Germany)

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MHealth (Mobile Health) is an innovative prehospital healthcare concept in emergency medicine. This technology offers the transfer of medical knowledge using mobile devices such as smart phone applications or real-time communication methods. Surgically active dentists in structurally weak areas can be confronted in case of an emergency to situations, that require the guidance of a remote experienced oral and maxillofacial surgeon or an emergency doctor to treat potentially life-threatening conditions as early as possible. Thus, an interconnection of competence centres using real-time video communication is an appropriate technology. In the literature, various studies have been conducted to prove the huge potential of MHealth. The aim of this manuscript is to present a comprehensive MHealth concept for oral and maxillofacial surgery as well as for dentistry in the context of emergencies, something that is so far missing from the literature. The developed framework for using MHealth in oral and maxillofacial surgery opens up a new perspective of patient-centered care.

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  • Katharina Witzke & Olaf Specht, 2017. "M-Health Telemedicine and Telepresence in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: An Innovative Prehospital Healthcare Concept in Structurally Weak Areas," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), IGI Global, vol. 6(4), pages 37-48, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:6:y:2017:i:4:p:37-48
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    1. Sadaf Batool Naqvi & Abad A. Shah, 2018. "Modeling Historically mHealth Care Environments," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), IGI Global, vol. 7(3), pages 57-75, July.

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