TELEMEDECINE
with chronic conditions. So thanks to telemedicine
1906 - Dr. Willem Einthoven
 ECG report over a telephone line from a
physiology lab to a hospital
 First baby steps of the use of
telecommunications technology to deliver a
healthcare service from a distance.
1948 - Clinicians
 sent radiology images over 24 miles of
telephone lines from West Chester,
Pennsylvania, to Philadelphia.
 Toddler steps. Wow may growth and
development.
1959 - the University of Nebraska clinicians
 set up a two-way television connection to
transmit neurological exams to medical
students on campus. After 5 years, they
performed video consults and speech therapy
services to patients at Norfolk State Hospital,
112 miles away.
 Our child is walking steadily now.
The prefix “tele” means “from a distance,”
Or should we call them telemedicine, since they
represent the practice of medicine over a distance?
What is TELHEALTH?
TeleHEALTH – is the use of electronic INFORMATION
and TELECOMMUNICATIONS technologies to support
long-distance clinical HEALTHCARE, patient and
PROFESSIONAL health-related EDUCATION, Public
health and health ADMINISTRATION.
home, no long waiting in queues, helping patients
So what is the difference between them?
and technologies, it’s easy to track health outcomes.
 TeleHealth includes non-clinical medical
services
 TeleMEDECINE means providing only Telemedicine is the best solution for mental and
traditional clinical services. emotional health conditions as telemedicine
 TeleHealth is a broader term than companies connect patients to therapists day and
telemedicine. night. Telemedicine is very popular in radiology and
 TeleHealth can use any technology that enables psychiatry.
it to store analyze and share information. It
TeleMEDICINE is beneficial for travelers as it can be
includes practice management systems, patient
challenging to find a good medical specialist and get
portals and mobile health applications.
health treatment abroad and no regular visits to the
 Telemedecine includes the use of
clinic.
telecommunication systems for doctors, it
helps to see their patients via video or still Have you ever used telemedicine apps?
images.
 For example you can make a video Goals of telehealth
appointment with a doctor if you have a sore
TeleHealth helps in solving the problem of doctor
throat.
shortages, remote medical education and training
In short, telemedicine refers to clinical patient care, patient interaction as technologies make taking
while telehealth refers to a broader collection of control of health. Easy for patients and
educational, administrative, and other non-clinical communicating with providers medical staff can
healthcare activities. collaborate and share information via telehealth
platforms to provide best treatments for patients
Types of TeleMEDICINE
What are telehealth benefits?
Store and forward Asynchronus
TeleHealth is the best option for everyone who
Telemonitoring that means using variety of wants to receive essential health care while staying
technologies for remote monitoring and real-time at home
telemedicine that provides urgent medical advice to
Do you think the telemedicine apps will gain even
patients who need to know more about the role of
more popularity?
app development companies in medical diagnostics.
Synchronus
Importance of teleMEDICINE and its advantages
83% of patients want to use telemedicine even after
the covid19 crisis because telemedicine has a lot of
advantages such as receiving high quality care from