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SYNOPSIS: The Brazilian Telehealth initiative enables videoconferencing, diagnosis, second opinion, continuous and permanent education, and web conferencing by linking university and teaching hospitals via the Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP)
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Luiz Ary Messina, Ph.D. has more than 40 years' experience in Computer Sciences, teaching, researching, developing, and commercializing software. He has successfully secured funding for innovative Telehealth projects from the European Union together with state and municipal agencies, university hospitals, international research organizations, enterprises ,and city halls. He graduated as an electronic engineer from the University of Brasilia, and holds a doctoral degree from the Technological University of Darmstadt, Germany, where he was assistant professor from 1982 to 1988. Dr. Messina began developing and coordinating RUTE in 2005. He often speaks to international audiences on the importance of the model adopted in Brazil, which is based on connecting universities, research institutions, and university and teaching hospitals to the National Research and Education Network.
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