International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation

Address: 7200 Biglerville Anchorage AK 99507
Phone: (520)-243-9086, (907)-250-6844
Email: info@iveh.org

Recent News

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State has awarded $850,000 to the International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation (former Kosova Foundation for Medical Development).

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Ministry of Health.  Professor Latifi meets in a workshop with officials of MH. Dr Latifi in the presence of Deputy Minister presented the project of  Advancement of Telemedicine and Training of Supporting staff to the Regional Health Managers. This project will be implemented with the support of Department of  State of  USA and the contribute of  Dr. Rifat Latifi.

Publications and Presentations

Current Principles and Practices of Telemedicine and e-Health

Edited by
Rifat Latifi
Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma and Critical Care,
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

This book represents the most current development on the expanding and changing field of telemedicine and e-health, especially in the developing countries. Many things have changed since the publication of the first book in 2004 (Establishing Telemedicine in Developing Countries: From Inception to Implementation).Telemedicine has become more popular, and still continues to grow. While there are many good books and materials on telemedicine, this publication can be seen at the work of reference for all of those who want to practice telemedicine and e-health, particularly in developing countries. This publication deals with ways to establish telemedicine and e-health system, not only in the developing countries, but also in the developed world. I hope that this book will be the guide we all wanted to have and reflect the status of telemedicine at the given time. It is dedicated to all future generations of telemedicine and e-health students which include healthcare practitioners, administrators, policy makers, technical professionals and others. >>More Details


 

Establishing Telemedicine in Developing Countries: From Inception to Implementation

Edited by
Rifat Latifi
Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma and Critical Care,
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA


References

Latifi R, Muja Sh, Bekteshi F, Reinicke M. The impact of telemedicine project of Kosova in the Balkans reaches far beyond the telemedicine applications. ATA annual meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 2 – 5, 2004

Latifi, R. The Anatomy of War and Destruction of Kosova: An Alumni view on restructuring health care. Final Conference of G-8, Global Applications Health project, Berlin, May 3-5, 2000

Latifi R. The anatomy of war and destruction in Kosova: An alumni surgeon’s view on restructuring health care. European Health Telematics Observatory web site (www.ehto.org), June, 2000.

Latifi R, Doarn C, Merrell RC. International Virtual e-Hospital of Kosova. First International Symposium: Medical Emergencies during Military Conflicts. Prishtina, Kosova, September 28-30, 2000.

Latifi R, Muja Sh, Merrell RC. An urgent need for creation of an organized trauma system in Kosova. First International Symposium: Medical Emergencies during Military   Conflicts. Prishtina,         Kosova, September 28-30, 2000

Latifi, R, Nerlich M, Richardson R, Doarn RC, Al Nuaim AA, Range P, Merrell RC. International Virtual e-Hospital of Kosova. International Society for Telemedicine, The 5th International Conference on the Medical Aspects of Telemedicine and the 2nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Telemedicine, October 2-4, 2002,  Montreal, Canada

Latifi R. Telemedicine networks: Telemedicine in under developed countries.  International Society for Telemedicine,  The 5th International Conference on the Medical Aspects of Telemedicine and the 2nd Annual Meeting of the International     Society for Telemedicine, October 2-4, 2000, Montreal, Canada

Darenkov IA, Latifi R, Russell MK, Lavrentyev VA, Kapoor V, Doarn CR, Merrell RC. Multinational Distance Learning Project Utilizing Low Bandwidth Internet. International Virtual e- Hospital of Kosova. International Society for Telemedicine,  The 5th International Conference on the Medical Aspects of Telemedicine and the 2nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for  Telemedicine, October 2-4, 2000, Montreal, Canada

Latifi, R. Telemedicine in Kosova: Where do our priorities and responsibilities to our fellow European citizens’ lie? First EHTEL conference, Lillie, France, November 16-17, 2000

Latifi R. Telemedicine in Kosova: Where do our responsibilities and priorities to our European citizens’ lie? WWW.EHTEL.ORG, December 21, 2000

Latifi R.  Multinational Distance Learning Project Utilizing Low Bandwidth Internet as a Tool to International Collaboration: MITAC Experience. The 12th International Scientific   Congress of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate and First International Telemedicine Conference of Arabic Telemedicine Society.  Cairo, Egypt, January 8-11, 2001

Latifi, R. From Mars to Kosova Round Trip: Telesurgery and International Virtual e-Hospital of Kosova. The 12th International Scientific Congress of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate and First International Telemedicine Conference of Arabic Telemedicine Society. Cairo, Egypt, January 8-11, 2001

Latifi, R. International Virtual e-Hospital of Kosova. American Military Base Bondsteel, Ferizaj, Kosova February 2, 2001,

Latifi R. From Mars to Kosova Round Trip: Telesurgery and Internet. The First International e-health Association Conference, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 5-8, 2001

Latifi R. Virtual e- Hospitals. The First International e-health Association Conference, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 5-8, 2001

Latifi R.  Virtual e-Hospital. 2nd International Congress of Emergency Medicine of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 15-17, 2001.

Latifi R. Management of intra-abdominal injuries in morbidly obese patients: New trends. 2nd International Congress of Emergency Medicine of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 15-17, 2001.

Latifi R. Management of elderly trauma patients. 2nd International Congress of Emergency Medicine of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 15-17, 2001.

Latifi R, Doarn CR, Merrell RC. Kosova’s International Virtual e-Hospital: Putting it all together The ATA 6th Annual Meeting Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 3-6, 2001

Latifi R, Doarn CR, Merrell RC. Kosova’s International Virtual e-Hospital: Putting it all together. Telemed Jour and e-Health 2001; 7(2); 139

Latifi R. The International virtual e-hospital of Kosova and Telesurgery: Where do we stand? 42ndCongress of Austrian Surgical Society, Graz, Austria, June 14-16, 2001.

Latifi R, Merrell RCM. From Mars to Kosova round trip: The international Virtual e- Hospital from inception to reality. 6th International Telemedicine Conference of International telemedicine society, Upsala, Sweden, June 18-21, 2001.

Latifi R. The situation of Telemedicine in the Balkans. European Society for Telemedicine Scientific meeting. Paris, France, January 28, 2002

Latifi R. 10th European Endoscopic Congress, Lisbon, Portugal June 2002

Latifi R. International Virtual e-Hospital.. 2nd International Congress of Emergency Medicine of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 15-17, 2001.

Latifi R. Establishing Telemedicine in Third World Countries: Kosova as an Example presented at the 7th International Conference on the Medical Aspects of Telemedicine Integration of Health Telematics into Medical Practice, Regensburg, Germany, and September 22-25, 2002

Latifi R. Establishing Telemedicine in Third World Countries: Kosova as an Example Eur J Research   2002; 7 (Suppl):43

Latifi R. International Virtual E-Hospital and Telesurgery. The Curriculum Reform in Medical Faculties of South East Europe Universities, 2nd Conference, Zagreb, Germany, November 16-18, 2002.

Latifi, R. Use of telemedicine as an educational tool: Can it help with infection control. Annual Meeting of Egyptian Infectious Society, Cairo, Egypt, January 8-11, 2001

Latifi R. Telemedicine centre of Kosovo and international virtual e-hospital network at the end of the first phase of development: Ahead of the Game.  Tromsø Telemedicine Conference, Tromsø, Norway, September 16, 2003

Latifi R. E-health education: Challenges and the future in the changing world. The     European Space Agency Symposium on Satellite Application in Telemedicine, Frascati, Italy, July 4, 2004

Latifi R, From Berlin to Prishtina via Mars: Establishing Telemedicine in the Balkans, International Telehealth Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, March 2004

Latifi R, Can virtual reality help reduce brain drain in developing countries: Kosova as an exampleATA Meeting, May, 2006

Latifi R. Telepresence and Telemedicine in Trauma and Emergency Management: Lessons from Space and Changing the Paradigm (Keynote Speaker) at 9th Annual Spirit of Marshfield Conference, Trauma Care: A Team Approach.  Marshfield, Wisconsin, August 13, 2004

Latifi R. International Telehealth—Challenges & Reality Checks. Four Corners   Telemedicine & Telehealth Planning Conference, Tucson, Arizona, August 23-24, 2004

Latifi R. Key Note address:  International Virtual e-Hospital: Building bridges and improving the quality of healthcare in developing countries. International Telemedicine Conference, Bangalore, India, March 17-19, 2005

Latifi R.  Inaugural Address at the Astronautical Society of India and Indian Space Research Organization of the International Telemedicine Conference, Intelemedindia Bangalore, India, March 17, 2005

Latifi R. International Virtual e-Hospital Initiative, The International Trade Event and Conference for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT, Luxembourg, April 6-8, 2005

Latifi R.  The Role of Disruptive Technology in Redevelopment of Medical Systems: Telemedicine of Kosova as an Example.  10th Congress of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth and the 2nd Congress of the Brazilian Council of Telemedicine and Telehealth, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 23-26, 2005 (Microsoft Scientific Award Recipient.)

Latifi R. Virtual reduction of brain drain in developing countries using telemedicine as platform: what does it take?  XVII Pan-American Trauma Congress, VII Ecuadorian Trauma Congress, Guayaquil, Ecuador, November 16-18, 2005

Latifi R.  Transforming Current Medical Care to Higher Standards using Disruptive Technologies and Telemedicine as a Platform.  UN-OOSA/UN-ESCAP Workshop on Tele-Health Development in Asia and the Pacific Region.  Co-sponsored by the China National Space Administration, China Ministry of Health and Asia Pacific Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Applications, Guangzhou, China, December 5-9, 2005

Latifi R. Brain gain for developing countries using telemedicine, Poster, SFT-6: 6th International Conference on Successes and Failure in Telehealth, Brisbane, Australia, August 24-25, 2006.

Latifi, R. International Virtual e-Hospital as Model in Rebuilding medical System in developing Countries.  United nation/India/USA Pilot Project” Telemedicine in the reconstruction of Afghanistan”, August 29-31, 2006, Kochi, India. 

Latifi R, Muja S, Bekteshi Fl, Merrell RC. The Role of Telemedicine and Information Technology in the Redevelopment of Medical Systems: The Case of Kosova.  Telemedicine and eHealth.  June 2006.

Latifi, R. Case Report: Kosova.  International Telecommunication Union Report on Application of Telecommunication in Health Care.  .Edited by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan. October, 2005.  pp. 202-207