Telemedicine involves using telecommunication technologies to provide and support healthcare from a distance. It is defined as the use of electronic information and communication technologies to provide medical services when participants are separated by location. There are three main types of telemedicine: store-and-forward, interactive services, and remote monitoring. Some applications of telemedicine include remote consultation, remote monitoring, remote education, and tele-mentoring. Telemedicine can improve access to care, quality of care through collaborative decision making, reduce isolation of healthcare professionals, and reduce costs by decreasing travel needs and optimizing resource use. However, telemedicine itself is just a means of delivery and the effective healthcare depends on the content provided, not the technology.

1. Introduction to
Telemedicine
Dr. Devang Parikh
S.B.K.S. M.I. & R.C.

2. What is Telemedicine?
Telecommunication technology
+
Medicine

3. What is Telemedicine?
The use of electronic information and
communication technologies to provide and
support health care when distance separates the
participants.
Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications in Health Care,
Institute of Medicine, CA, 1996

5. Nodal
Center
Referral Center
Internet

6. Types of telemedicine
I. Store and forward
II. Interactive services
III. Remote monitoring

7. Applications of Telemedicine
1. Remote Consultation
2. Remote Monitoring
3. Remote Education
4. Tele-mentoring

8. 1. Remote Consultation

10. 2. Remote Monitoring

11. Access to information

12. 3. Remote Education and collaboration

13. 4. Tele-mentoring

14. When do we use telemedicine?
 Improved Access
Covers previously unserved or underserved areas.
 Improved quality of care
Enhanced decision making through collaborative efforts.
 Reduced isolation of healthcare professionals
Peer and professional contacts for patient consultations and
continuing education.
 Reduced costs
Decreased necessity for travel and optimum uses of resources.

15. • Telemedicine is mere vehicle
that permit the delivery of
health care services.
• It is the content of the vehicle
that permits effective health
care, not the vehicle.

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