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Telemedicine is undergoing significant learning and collaboration will (62%) of chief executives and
change because of technological advances help them cut costs and improve directors in Scottish local authorities
in the world of video conferencing. This • services, research has revealed. think there should be a greater use of
opens new opportunities for video " The study, by work-based e- shared resources across councils to
Frost & Sullivan research analyst Iwona classroom-based training to cut costs. growing, but we must not to look at learning
Petruczynik said; "In the last two years, Brightwave noted that the rise in the use of technologies simply as a way to cut costs. Quality e-
there has been a significant reduction in e-learning has continued, increasing by 76% since iearning initiatives with engaging content are vital to
the price of equipment and a substantial started its benchmarking study two years ago. deliver real value."
improvement in endpoint functionality, At the beginning of 2009, only half of L&D He added that many councils are already working
especially video quality." So the costs of professionals expected their use of e-learning to rise, together and building their e-learning services to
telemedicine video conferencing systems against 88% committing to an increase now. In deiiver engaging and effective training. He pointed
and transmission service are no longer a addition, the number of professionals expecting to that a number of Scottish Councils are embracing this
major barrier to deployment. coiiaborate has also risen from 42% in 2009. technology and finding ways to collaborate.
Telemedicine's most significant This predicted increase in public sector "However, there is an inevitable skills gap, and
benefits are its ability to provide access to collaborative working was also revealed by research many councils are now choosing whether to build
medical specialists in remote and rural their e-learning capabilities internally or use external
areas, and to offer medical professionals support to take e-learning to the next level," he
low cost training and education.
However, restrictive reimbursements
Austerity raises concluded.