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West African Island Country Blessed with 11 New Telemedicine Centers

7/16/2017

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Since 1992, Peter "Pete" Killcommons has been running Medweb, a San Francisco, California-based medical software and device company. When he’s not overseeing the company’s radiology and telemedicine divisions, Peter Killcommons supports the International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation (IVeH), which implemented a program for the creation of telemedicine centers in the West African island of Cabo Verde. 

Cabo Verde was considered an ideal location to implement the Integrated Telemedicine and e-Health Program. The country had only 282 doctors and 87 nurses. There were just over 1,000 hospital beds, spread out across the country's sparse islands. Patients seeking medical treatment often had to travel long distances by boat and spend valuable resources to access basic healthcare services. The innovative program would allow for the remote treatment of patients through the use of telecommunications technology. 

In 2012, IveH and its partner organizations implemented the telemedicine and e-health program, which saw 11 telemedicine centers built on nine of the country’s islands. Training was provided to a majority of the country’s medical staff to help them support critical telemedicine disciplines such as telecardiology, teledermatology, psychiatry, and neurology. The staff was trained to use video conferencing and teleconsulting to support clinical activity. These telemedicine centers provide the island’s citizens easier and less expensive access to quality healthcare services.

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Peter Killcommons on the American Telemedicine Association

7/6/2017

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As Chief Executive Officer for Medweb, Peter Killcommons understands the importance of telemedicine to the future of healthcare. A speaker at the Fourth Intensive Balkan Telemedicine and e-Health Seminar and at the First Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and eHealth, Peter Killcommons belongs to the American Telemedicine Association. 

Based in Washington, D.C., the American Telemedicine Association has served as the leading professional organization dedicated to this field since 1993. With an international scope, this organization enlightens others about how telemedicine can reduce the costs of healthcare for people around the world. 

The American Telemedicine Association concentrates its efforts in several projects, especially those related to education. The group informs doctors about how telemedicine can improve their practice. As telemedicine enables people from different countries to unite and share data in real time, the group encourages medical professionals to adopt these devices to enhance the potential for research and knowledge. Trying to influence legislation plays another important part in the entity's mission, and its members teach government agents about the value of this technology in order to promote favorable laws towards its growth. Additionally, the American Telemedicine Association runs campaigns letting the public know about the benefits of this technology.

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    Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Medweb, Dr. Peter Killcommons manages the operations of his company’s numerous divisions in medical imaging and philanthropy. ​

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