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Peru Telemedicine Website Development Project, Jose Garcia, Tanveer Morshed, Sean Wakeley, Christopher Llyod

College of Business and Economics Presentations

Physicians working in rural communities of Peru find themselves removed from many of the resources commonly available to physicians in urban environments. The rural physicians are often limited in their ability to communicate with colleagues and other healthcare providers regarding professional matters. To improve patient care, a new user-friendly, Internet-based communication platform is needed to allow these doctors to better communicate with other rural physicians and with specialists located in urban medical centers. Our project focused on the design, development, testing of a website that will allow rural doctors in Peru to post diagnostic questions and related information on a …