Knowledge management model for teleconsulting in telemedicine

• Published in: Studies in health technology and informatics Vol. 137; p. 130
• Main Authors: Pico, Lilia Edith Aparicio, Cuenca, Orlando Rodriguez, Alvarez, Daniel José Salas, Salgado, Piere Augusto Peña
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 2008
• Subjects: Colombia; Computer Systems; Humans; Knowledge Bases; Models, Organizational; Remote Consultation - organization & administration; Rural Health Services - organization & administration; Colombia
• ISSN: 0926-9630

The present article shows a study about requirements for teleconsulting in a telemedicine solution in order to create a knowledge management system. Several concepts have been found related to the term teleconsulting in telemedicine which will serve to clear up their corresponding applications, potentialities, and scope. Afterwards, different theories about the art state in knowledge management have been considered by exploring methodologies and architectures to establish the trends of knowledge management and the possibilities of using them in teleconsulting. Furthermore, local and international experiences have been examined to assess knowledge management systems focused on telemedicine. The objective of this study is to obtain a model for developing teleconsulting systems in Colombia because we have many health-information management systems but they don't offer telemedicine services for remote areas. In Colombia there are many people in rural areas with different necessities and they don't have medicine services, teleconsulting will be a good solution to this problem. Lastly, a model of a knowledge system is proposed for teleconsulting in telemedicine. The model has philosophical principles and architecture that shows the fundamental layers for its development.