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Telehealth in Latin America and Brazil:
Current Status and Perspectives
Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhDUNICAMP
Instituto Edumed
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Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD• Founder and president, International Center for
Information and Communications Technologies in Health, The Edumed Institute, Campinas, Brazil
• Former director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and chairman of Medical Informatics of the Medical School, State University of Campinas, Brazil
• Former director of informatics, Brazilian Medical Association
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Topics
• Quick views of LA and Brazil• Historical evolution of telehealth• Recent developments• Telehealth particularities in Latin America• Research & development• Technical and scientific events• Examples of ongoing projects• The future of telehealth in Latin America
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Why Telemedicine in LA
• Several countries with continental dimensions, large distances and difficult access to many communities
• Large areas with low populational density and poor human development
• Extreme unequalities of distribution of health care resources
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A Quick View of Latin America
• 33 countries• 8.6 % of world population
and 4 % of land area• 520 million inhabitants• 20 million km2• 98% Spanish and
Portuguese speaking• Large regional disparities
in human development• Low priority for health and
education development
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A Quick View of Brazil
• Fifth largest country and 10th largest economy in the world
• 8,5 million km2
• 187 million inhabitants• Most advanced economy,
health care, digital and telecommunications sectors in Latin America
• 20 million Internet users
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A Map of Human Development
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Distribution of Physicians in Brazil
• Total of 290.000 physicians• Área of 200 km near Greater São Paulo:
85.000 physicians• State of São Paulo: 100.000 physicians• 20 largest cities: 82,5% of physicians• 150 largest cities: 89% of physicians• Cities with 100 physicians or more: 260• 11% physicians dispersed in 3050 cidades
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Distribution of Physicians
• Amazonas: 2,300 physicians in the state, but 2050 in the city of Manaus!
• More than 1,200 counties have no resident physician
• 112 medical schools (the majority is located in capital cities), 9.000 new physicians graduate each year, but only 25% have access to medical residence.
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Evolution of TelemedicineEvolution of Telemedicine
Final 50’s Meio 70’s Início 90’s
Self sustained projects
Increase in Applications
Rebirth
FailureIntermission
First Tests
Latin America
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Status of Development
• More developed: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba
• Intermediate: Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Uruguay
• Less developed: most of Central America, Caribbean, Guyanas, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
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HistoricalAntecedents
• 1983-1992: Development of Brazilian packet switching network, text messaging services and file transfer (RENPAC, BITNET)
• 1985: First telemedicine projects – Store & Forward at 1.2 kbps via PSN
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Recent Developments
• 1993-1996: Consolidation and expansion of digital infrastructure: Research Network, commercial Internet, ISDN, dedicated fiber optical networks, high performance computing and networking, satellite-based communications
• 1997: Privatization of telecommunications industry• 1998-2000: First hospital-based telemedicine
projects• 2002-2004: First government-sponsored planning
and projects
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Telecommunications in Brazil• 25 million fixed telephone lines• 52 million mobile phone lines • 32 broadcasting and telecommunication satellites,
including 3 Brazilian-owned• 4,5 million km fiber backbones• 89% cities have wired communications, but only
10% with broadband• All current technologies implemented• Strong research, development and innovation
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Applications Funding in Brazil• FUST: Universalization of Telecommunications
Tax Fund: a 1% tax levied on all telecom bills. US$ 30 million per month, US$ 900 million assets
• To be applied in health, education, digital libraries, satellite-based access in remote communities, handicapped people, social assistance projects, e-government
• FUNTTEL: Technological Development of Telecommunications Tax Fund: 0,5% levied on all telecom bills
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Academic Internet 2 in Brazil
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Most Common Applications
USA• Radiology• Cardiology• Dermatology• Psychiatry• Home care• Emergency Medicine• Pathology
Brazil• Cardiology• Radiology• Clinical Psychology• Pathology
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Call center
Telemonitoring: Electrocardiogram
Portable monitor
Stethoscope
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Current status in Latin America• Great potential for expansion and universal adoption• Still in the beginning: very few projects, most are pilot
or showcasing• Recent significant growth, both in the private and
public sectors• Still no model for financing and payment of telehealth
services• Countries in the region differ widely from one another• Insufficient development of telemedicine as a separate
technical specialty or discipline
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Telemedicine as a Discipline
• Appearance of R&D and training centres• Building of a specialized community (first
associations, conferences, publications, sites, lists)• Institutional support, first large scale projects• International cooperation projects• Training programmes for specialists• Appearance of first specialized companies in the
market• Market development
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Institutional Support• Ethical and professional regulamentation of Ethical and professional regulamentation of
telemedicine and electronic patient record telemedicine and electronic patient record by the Federal Council of Medicine, 2002by the Federal Council of Medicine, 2002
• Technical Chambers for telemedicine and Technical Chambers for telemedicine and distance education in the Federal Council of distance education in the Federal Council of MedicineMedicine
• Creation of the Health Information and Creation of the Health Information and Informatics Area in the Ministry of Health, Informatics Area in the Ministry of Health, 20022002
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Technical and Scientific Meetings
• Brazilian Congress of Biomedical Engineering, since 1978
• Brazilian Congress of Health Informatics, since 1986
• TELMED: International Conference on Telemedicine and Distance Education, since 1999
• Others: Brazilian Computing Society, Brazilian Council of Telemedicine and Telehealth (2003), Federal Government-sponsored symposia and workshops (2004)
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Interesting Ongoing Projects
• Telemedicine for the Family Health Programme• Amazon Telehealth Project (SIVAM)• Pediatric Oncology Network• Telecardiology • International Medical Second Opinion• Teleautopsy Teaching Programme• The Edumed.net Consortium
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Rural Health InternshipFederal University of Amazonas
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http://www.edumed.net/amazonhttp://www.edumed.net/amazon
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The Edumed.Net Consortium
• Satellite and videoconferencing national network for distance education in health and telehealth
• Consortium of 27 universitties, research centres and medical associations for generating certified quality content and services
• Started on June 2000, led by the Edumed Institute, a not-for-profit institution
• Targets the non-academic health sector (hospitals, government, etc.)
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University University
University
Associations
Health Centres
National Network forDistance Education and Telehealth
Satélite digitalInternetVideoconferência
Hospitals
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Technologies
• WWW• Tele e videoconferencing• On demand audio and video• Digital satellite TV• Digital libraries
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Ongoing Edumed Projects
• MIDAS and EduVirt Projects – Wireless municipal Intranet for education and health– Pilot project at Sobral, Northeast
• Amazon Telehealth Programme– Rural Health Internship– Aboriginal Telehealth
• Digital Multimedia Library (EdumedSAT)• Distance Continued Education in Health Sciences• Pediatric Oncology and Telecardiology Projects• CHUM-Edumed Case Teleconferences
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MIDAS and EduVirt
• Universal access to Internet
• Decreasing the digital divide
• Public e-libraries• Telehealth• Distance education• Satellite broadband
connectivity• Wireless distribution
Targets villages and counties with less than 50,000 thousand inhabitants (90% of the 5.560 Brazilian counties)
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DVB-RCS Satellite Connection
InternetTV
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IRD
Bidirectional Satellite
ContentGeneration
Remote Rooms
HUB
TV
VCR
Internet
IP
IRD
Modem360E
switch Streaming Vídeo MPEG-2
IRD TV
VCR
IP
IRD
Modem360E
switch Streaming Vídeo MPEG-2
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Wireless Broadband NetworkAccess: PointAccess: Point
• Up to 1200 SM per AP• Up to 15 km coverage• 3,6 Mbps bandwidth
Access toInternet
Subscriber ModulesSubscriber Modules
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Acesso a Internet via Telemar
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Portable TelehealthBiosignal telemonitoring devices (ECG, spirometry, stethoscope, etc.)Glucometer, thermometer, pulse oxymeterPDATeleconference softwareInternet-enabled mobile or satellite phoneWireless network enabledSatellite VSAT modem
Simulated product
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Funções do Sistema• Monitoração e transmissão de sinais vitais
– ECG, temperatura, pulso, pressão sanguinea, glicemia, sons cardíacos e pulmonares, pCO2, pO2, fluxo e volumes respiratórios, etc.
• Via modulação sonora ou comunicação de dados
• Transmissão de imagens• Pele, face, olhos, boca, eventos traumáticos, etc
• Teleconsulta e segunda opinião• Voz via celular• Text via SMS, WAP e Internet
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Requirements for Advancing
• Market development and maturation– Decentralization of hospital-based care– Family health, increase in coverage
• Development of specific culture and acceptability• Increase in technology transfer, offer, local
expertise and manpower• Large pilot projects with self-sustainability
horizon• Consolidation of a suitable economic model
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Projects for the Future• Multi-institutional training in telehealth, with
international cooperation• Development of a low-cost videoconferencing
terminal and telehealth peripherals• Massive expansion through federal and international
funding• Integration of telehealth to primary and family care• Regulatory alliance• Extensive use of standards• Enterprise-public-academic alliance
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Telehealth Sites in Brazil
• Instituto Edumed:www.edumed.net/
• Telemedicina: www.telemedicina.org.br• Telesaúde: www.telesaude.org.br• Edumed Newsletter:
www.yahoogroups.com/group/edumednewsletter• Telemedicine Newsletter
www.yahoogroups.com/group/telemednewsletter
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Contact Information
• Renato M.E. SabbatiniEmail: [email protected]. (19) 3579-1230Home page: www.sabbatini.com/renato