Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Brazil
USP doctoral study examines how telemedicine reshapes care in an Amazon archipelago
A doctoral project at the University of São Paulo's Faculty of Public Health analyses how remote medical care is reorganising public health services in an Amazonian archipelago.
Why it matters: Public health services in an Amazonian archipelago are the focus of a USP doctoral study on medical care delivered at a distance.
The University of São Paulo (USP) reported that a doctoral study at its Faculty of Public Health is investigating telemedicine in an archipelago in the Amazon region.
According to USP, the research analyses how medical care delivered at a distance reorganises public health services there.
USP said the study highlights challenges linked to territorial inequalities and to cultural differences between patients and specialists.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
USP reports that the doctoral study, carried out at its Faculty of Public Health, ties remote medical care in the archipelago to challenges of territorial inequality and of cultural differences between patients and specialists.
