This modernization project, a first in the history of the Haitian Public Administration, is part of the program of e-governance established by the current team in power. The new project aims to make the reengineering and computerization of steps associated with the creation of a limited company while meeting prescribed in the current legislation and will require the creation of new laws, including that of the electronic signature. Using modern technology, the MCI will be responsible for the operationalization of the various stages of this project, with the active support of the various actors involved directly and indirectly in the process.
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Recognizing that the modernization of public administration, is a necessary step to allow Haiti to be competitive, the President of the AHTIC believes that such an objective requires much more than computers.
"Everything was destroyed over there, and in the first days there was no Internet in Port-au-Prince," team member Antonio Marttos Jr, MD, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine and director of trauma telemedicine at Jackson Memorial Medical Center's William Lehman Injury Research Center in Miami, Florida, told Medscape Medical News. "But we were able to connect to our trauma center in Miami."
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Die Helfer in Haiti sind bei ihrer Arbeit mit vielen Problemen konfrontiert; eines der größten ist, herauszufinden, wo gerade welche Hilfe benötigt wird. Um die Maßnahmen effektiver koordinieren zu können, greifen sie nun auf SMS und Social Networks zurück. Durch die Auswertung der Hilferufe, die über diese Netzwerke abgesetzt werden, wird festgestellt, wo dringender Handlungsbedarf besteht, berichtet die New York Times. Die neu eingerichtete Notfallnummer hat sich bereits bewährt: Hilferufe nach Wasser und Nahrung haben die Hilfskräfte auf eine Zeltstadt aufmerksam gemacht, von der bislang keine der Organisationen gewusst hatte.
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At first, “telehealth” sounds less like a legitimate medical practice and more like a Star-Trekian method of curing diseases through willpower.
Futuristic name aside, telehealth practices are rapidly working their way into doctor-patient interactions. What’s more, the growing telehealth community is now banding together with aid workers in Haiti to diagnose and treat thousands of earthquake injuries.