An Innovative Approach to Providing Web-Enabled Diagnostic Laboratory Services in Syria

Karah N., Antypas K., Al-toutanji A., Suveyd U., Rafei R., Haraoui L., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, vol.157, no.4, pp.554-560, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 157 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/ajcp/aoab160
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.554-560
  • Keywords: Telemedicine, Telepathology, Conflict medicine, Antimicrobial resistance, Urinalysis, TELEMICROBIOLOGY, TELEPATHOLOGY, TELEMEDICINE, HEALTH
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: Telemedicine can compensate for the lack of health care specialists in response to protracted humanitarian crises. We sought to assess the usability of a teleclinical microbiology (TCM) program to provide diagnostic services in a hard-to-reach region of Syria.