TELERADIOLOGY BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE

M Kashif Mirza, Zafar Sajjad, Mohammad Yousuf, Zubair Usman

Abstract


Teleradiology, one of the oldest branches of telemedicine, is now being practiced as a routine between a 90-bed Child health hospital in Afghanistan and a 500-bed tertiary healthcare hospital of Pakistan. Behind this successful story of teleradiology model, there were different kind of challenges faced by the team of professionals who worked to make this project a reality. This article summarizes those challenges and the key factors that helped in integrating teleradiology between the hospitals of developing world.

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