Introduction
Telemedicine is defined as the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications for the health and education of patients or health care providers.
The purpose of telemedicine is to improve patient care by enhancing the medical communication process between health care providers by using video interfacing capabilities. These systems can also include interactions for consultative, diagnostic, and treatment services. There are 3 general types of telemedicine. “Interactive” telemedicine (otherwise known as “synchronous telemedicine”) involves 2 videoconferencing units (1 at each site) and some telecommunications connection between the units capable of transmitting simultaneous video and audio. “Store and forward” telemedicine (otherwise known as “asynchronous” telemedicine) involves electronic transfer of images and/or video for medical review and interpretation at some later time. “Remote monitoring” telemedicine can be a combination of interactive and store-and-forward technologies that allows medical professionals to monitor patients remotely and is most often used for managing chronic diseases or specific conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes mellitus, or asthma.
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