The Institute of Medicine defines:

Telemedicine as the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants. Telemedicine is defined as medicine at a distance

As Lavanian puts it, The primary objective of Tele-medicine is to provide quality healthcare assistance to every patient.

Telemedicine is practiced on the basis of two concepts:

Real time (synchronous) and Store-and-Forward (asynchronous)

Tele-otoscope allows a physician to 'see' inside a patient's ear; Tele-stethoscope allows the consulting physician to hear the patients heartbeat

 Teleradiology is the ability to send radiographic images (x-rays) from one location to another. The teleradiology process begins at the image sending station.

Nodal Hospital

Referral Hospital

Referral Center

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Digital Camera

Web Cam PSTN / Leased Line / ISDN / VSAT

Scanner

Doctor / Patient Electronics Microscope

Web Cam

Printer

Specialist Doctor

Scanner Digital camera

ECG Machine
Electronics Stethoscope Printer

Nodal Center

 Providing healthcare services. Video conferencing. Access to Expertise.

 Many potential telemedicine projects have been hampered by the lack of appropriate telecommunications technology. Many rural areas still do not have cable wiring Lack of funding for developing state-of-theart telemedicine infrastructure

 Hand-holding support. Integration of Telemedicine activities. Telemedicine activities. Introducing Telemedicine as part of medical education.

TELEMEDICINE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES ARE MERE VEHICLES THAT PERMIT THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES

 American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

www.atmeda.org

Association of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP)

Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE) www.atsp.org

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, HRSA (OAT)

www.hrsa.gov/telehealth

Center for Telehealth & E-Health Law (CTeL)

www.ctel.org www.telehealthlawcenter.org

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