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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Neha-
dc.contributor.authorChandwani, Rajesh-
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T06:43:24Z-
dc.date.available2020-06-02T06:43:24Z-
dc.date.issued2018-
dc.identifier.citationChandwani, R., & Kumar, N. (2018). Stitching infrastructures to facilitate telemedicine for low-resource environments. In proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, New York. doi:10.1145/3173574.3173958en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4503-5620-6-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/23052-
dc.description.abstractTelemedicine can potentially transform healthcare delivery in low-resource environments by enabling extension of medical knowledge to remote locations, thus enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the larger healthcare infrastructure. However, empirical studies have shown mixed results at best. We present a qualitative investigation of a longstanding telemedicine program operating from Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, India). Invoking the lenses of human infrastructure and seamful spaces, we highlight the factors that determine the success of this telemedicine program. We identify and describe three important aspects: (1) conceptualizing telemedicine as the connectedness of two nodes rather than doctors and patients alone, (2) identifying the critical ‘carrying agent’ (local doctors at peripheral nodes) and engaging them in program design and implementation, and (3) ensuring co-creation by engaging patients in the process. Finally, we discuss how our lenses allowed us to recognize the seams made visible through the juxtaposition of the infrastructures at the central and peripheral nodes, and to emphasize the human elements that addressed these seams for ensuring the facilitation of a successful telemedicine program.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherACMen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectTelemedicineen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectHCI4Den_US
dc.subjectICTDen_US
dc.titleStitching infrastructures to facilitate telemedicine for low-resource environmentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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