By allowing the patient and doctor or doctors to see each other virtually, videoconferencing becomes the key to giving the patient the care that he needs.
Videoconferencing is the spearhead in Belgacom’s service to the healthcare sector. The Group has wide experience of developing and integrating video communication solutions and also uses video-communication itself as a logical extension of its own activities. Add the efforts that Belgacom is making at network level, and then thanks to Belgacom Explore, this leads to an efficient, natural way of communicating. Belgacom sees videoconferencing as offering a solution to growing specialisation, cooperation and mobility in healthcare and population ageing, which leads to lower mobility. For older people videoconferencing may offer a way to consult their doctor remotely. Doctors in different hospital sites can also reach diagnoses together and carry out operations with the help of this image transmission solution.
Belgacom counts on Tandberg, a Norwegian partner with extensive expertise in videoconferencing technology for the required infrastructure and support. Bert De Vos, Business Development Manager Healthcare, emphasises the importance of optimum quality of care, regardless of where the patient or doctor is located. In an ideal world, healthcare would be accessible to everyone, at all times and everywhere. However, matters are not so simple in reality; communication by video offers a solution here. By bringing the patient and doctor or doctors into contact with each other, videoconferencing becomes the key to giving the patient the care that he needs. In particular, this technology is useful for less mobile patients or those in rural areas, the elderly, the disabled or people who cannot afford to make a long trip to a hospital.
