Telecardiology uses computers to link two digital stethoscopes together via a high-speed data network to conduct a virtual examination in real time from hundreds of kilometres away.
It's one of a growing range of uses for telehealth, a field which extends the reach of medical specialists who practise in heavily populated areas to more remote Island locations.
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The new rules will apply starting in 2013 to individuals from Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Vietnam, Yemen and the Palestinian territory who are seeking to come to Canada as tourists or on study or work permits.
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Kim MacPherson says the Health Department contracted consultants who managed their own contracts and could access competitor information.
She says the consultants were part of project evaluation committees who recommended which consultants got work.
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Specifically in section 8, from page 42 through 49, they describe the comprehensive standards, audit and certification frameworks that will be required to protect this next major phase of Cloud adoption.
CHI point to the number one risk issue cited by CIOs – Fears of inadequate data privacy protections, and they describe the various component parts what is required to address these risks including due diligence procedures and state of the art privacy controls.
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This scale and these challenges has been very effectively discussed in this feature article from the Globe’s latest Report on Business supplement – Take Two Apps and Call Me in the Morning.