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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Implementing telehealth to support medical practice in rural/remote regions: what are the conditions for success? | BioMed Central Implementation Science Research article Implementing telehealth to support medical practice in rural remote regions what are the conditions for success Marie-Pierre Gagnon 1 2 Julie Duplantie1 Jean-Paul Fortin3 and Réjean Landry4 Open Access Address Evaluative Research Unit Quebec University Hospital Centre Quebec Canada 2Department of Family Medicine Laval University Quebec Canada 3Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Laval University Quebec Canada and 4Department of Management Laval University Quebec Canada Email Marie-Pierre Gagnon - Julie Duplantie - Jean-Paul Fortin - jpfortin@ Réjean Landry - Corresponding author Published 24 August 2006 Received 12 June 2006 Implementation Science 2006 1 18 doi l748-5908-l-l8 Accepted 24 August 2006 This article is available from http content l l l8 2006 Gagnon et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Telehealth as other information and communication technologies ICTs introduced to support the delivery of health care services is considered as a means to answer many of the imperatives currently challenging health care systems. In Canada many telehealth projects are taking place mostly targeting rural remote or isolated populations. So far various telehealth applications have been implemented and have shown promising outcomes. However telehealth utilisation remains limited in many settings despite increased availability of technology and telecommunication infrastructure. Methods A qualitative field study was conducted in four remote regions of Quebec Canada to explore perceptions of .