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Chapter 9
Rebuilding Hope in Post-confl ict Regions:
Telemedicine in Kosovo
Anita Kealy and Larry Stapleton
Acronyms
AUSA
Association of the US Army
CSIS
Centre for Strategic and International Studies
GT
Grounded theory
HIC
Humanitarian Information Centre
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
IVeH
International Virtual e-Hospital
KLA
Kosovo Liberation Army
KPC
Kosovo Protection Corps
MIS
Management information system
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO
Non-governmental organization
OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
TCK
Telemedicine Centre of Kosovo
UNMIK
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNOCHA
United Nations Offi ce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
WHO
World Health Organization
Overview
Studies from both developed and developing regions show that developing and
implementing medical informatics or e-health is becoming a crucial part of effective
health care and health education. Developing and implementing large-scale, techno-
logically enabled infrastructures such as health services is notoriously diffi cult,
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