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FOREWORD
LUIS DI BENEDETTO
Chair
Latin American Association of Research Centers and
Telecommunication Enterprises

It gives me great satisfaction to introduce this publication, which represents what has been a
long history of collaboration between CITEL and Latin American Association of Research
Centers and Telecommunication Enterprises (AHCIET) in fields such as personnel training in
Latin America and universal service.
This publication is a significant achievement in the field of Telehealth. AHCIET’s contributions
to this effort are based on its experience over recent years in organizing four telemedicine
forums that were widely embraced by all interested parties.
We congratulate CITEL on this initiative, which will benefit all major parties involved. New
technologies provide means of exchanging experience and knowledge in the area of health,
to the benefit of society as a whole.
The breadth of knowledge, invaluable sources of information, thoughts and i deas presented in
this work should prove highly useful to the reader. The publication embraces a range of
disciplines, skills, and areas of responsibility. It provides clear, structured, and comprehensive
parameters for obtaining thorough knowledge of the latest trends and research now shaping
developments in telemedicine.
Again, I wish to congratulate the authors of this significant contribution to progress in the field.

LUIS DI BENEDETTO
Chair
Latin American Association
of Research Centers and
Telecommunication Enterprises

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