This document provides an introduction to telemedicine, including its definition, history, types, applications, benefits, limitations, and future directions. Telemedicine involves the use of telecommunications technology to provide medical care from a distance. It has evolved from early uses of telegraphy, radio, and television to today's applications using computer and internet technologies like video conferencing, remote patient monitoring, and mobile health apps. Telemedicine allows improved access to care, cost savings, and medical education. While limitations include infrastructure and acceptance issues, its future is promising as technologies advance to enable more services like remote surgery and live monitoring via mobile devices.

1. Introduction to
Telemedicine
INDUSUNIVERSITY
Electronics & Communication Dept.
6th Semester
Presented by,
Ami Goswami - IU1241090014
Vatsal Shah - IU1241090055
INDUS UNIVERSITY
INDUS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
AHMEDABAD

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Content
• What is Telemedicine ?
• Why Telemedicine ?
• How it works ?
• History
• Types of telemedicine
• Which data can be transferred ?
• Benefits
• Applications
• Limitations to spread
• Telemedicine devices
• Future
• Advanced Technologies
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3. What is Telemedicine?
Telecommunication technology
+
Medicine
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4. What is Telemedicine?
The use of electronic information and
communication technologies to provide and
support health care when distance separates the
participants.
Video
Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications in Health Care,
Institute of Medicine, CA, 19964/8/2015 4

5. Focused on patient care
• Telehealth
• Mobile Health (mHealth)
• Remote Monitoring
• Outsourced Specialty Services
Why Telemedicine?
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6. How it works ?
Example:
Jennifer's Story : How Telemedicine works ?
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7. History of Telemedicine
• Under first telemedicine program in December 1988, Armenia was linked to
medical centers in United States for telemedicine consultations.
1. Telegraphy and telephony was
established
1920s
2. Wireless / Radio 1950s
3. TV 1960s
4. Computer and Internet 1990/2000

8. History of Telemedicine
Boston Logan Airport to Massachusetts General Hospital
1967
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9. Types of Telemedicine
I. Store and forward
II. Interactive services
III. Remote monitoring
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10. Applications of Telemedicine
1. Remote Consultation
2. Remote Monitoring
3. Remote Education
4. Tele-mentoring
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11. 1. Remote Consultation
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13. 2. Remote Monitoring
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14. Access to information
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15. 3. Remote Education and collaboration
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16. 4. Tele-mentoring
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17. Which Data Can be Transferred ?
 Basically four types of data are used in telemedicine.
• Text for patient notes, generally having a file of less than 10 KB.
• Audio – electronic stethoscope, with file size of around 10 KB.
• Image X-rays which are still images having a size of around 1 MB.
• Video movie – patient visualization – movie images have a size of 10 MB or
more the patient can be seen by a doctor at a remote place using cameras.

18. Benefits of Telemedicine
• Avoids unnecessary transportation
• Community based care
• Medical education and research
• Cost saving
• Improved patient documentation
• Increased range of care and education.

19. Limitations to spread of telemedicine
• Poor patient – Doctor Relationships
• Patient Acceptance
• Fear of Technology
• Infrastructure
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20. Future of telemedicine
• Many medical centers in India are now successfully running, telemedicine –
projects and video conference.
• Future of telemedicine in India is definitely bright-with availability of internet
every where, with new IT policies and with improving telecommunication network
use of telemedicine is going to increase.
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21. Available Today
Online Services
Health App’s
Urgent Care
Wearables

22. Wi-Fi Smart Scale Blood Pressure Monitor
Bluetooth Stethoscope
Blood Glucose Meter
Digital Thermometer
Available Soon
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23. Advanced Technologies
Robotics Remote Surgery Live Monitoring via
Cell Phones

24. References
• Imaging systems and Telemedicine by Dr. Adrian Mondry – Bioinfor Institute
• Hand Held Emergency Wireless Telemedicine System by Sridharan.B Bangalore, India
• Telehealth Projects: A Practical Guide by British Columbia
• Wireless Telemedicine overview by

25. THANK YOU
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