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Jack Higgins, M.D.
Independent/Joint Fellowship with Renée Chin, Ph.D. The Global Telemedicine Project In many parts of the world, there are not enough doctors. The Global Telemedicine Project's Web-based videoconferencing system allow patients in developing countries to access care by volunteer ex-patriot or in-country physicians who remain in their own offices or clinics throughout the world. Beginning with projects in India, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam, the system will be customized to each community's unique cultural norms, health practices, and technological challenges using an ethnographic approach. Bio
Jack Higgins, MD practiced Family Medicine and developed health promotion programs for 20 years before focusing on telemedicine. As President and Medical Director of the HouseCall Foundation, he started a pilot project in San Jose, California and is now developing projects to improve health care in developing countries. He also serves as an officer for three other health-related nonprofit organizations. |
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