Telemedicine is the use of modern technology and telecommunication to provide interactive healthcare and thus adding to improve a patient’s clinical health status. It includes a variety of applications and services using two-way video, email, smart phones, wireless tools and other forms of telecommunications technology. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available for the poorer people of developing countries.
It is also used to save lives in critical care and emergency situations. With hospitals extending care to patients in remote areas, the use of telemedicine has spread rapidly and is now becoming integrated into the ongoing operations of hospitals, specialty departments, home health agencies, private physician offices as well as consumer’s homes and workplaces. Patient consultations via…
