TELE-MEDICINE

Presented by

Shyam.s.s
I year m.sC nursing
Telemedicine is the art of sending
medical data, which includes previous
histories, prescriptions, all types of
reports like X-rays, CT scan images,
pathological reports etc. through a
communication system.

Telemedicine is the use of medical

information exchanged from one site to
another via electronic communications to
improve patients' health status.
Definitions of Telemedicine
Telemedicine means literally medicine
at a distance.

The World Health Organization

(WHO) describes telemedicine as:
“the practice of medical care using
interactive audiovisual and data
communications including medical care
delivery, diagnosis, consultation and
treatment, as well as education and the
transfer of medical data.”
 The Institution of medicine defines
telemedicine as:
 
“the use of electronic information and
communications to provide and support
health care when distance separates the
participant.”
 Telemedicine is the combined use of
telecommunications and computer
technologies to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of health care service by
liberating caregivers from traditional
constraints of place and time and by
empowering consumers to make informed
choices in a competitive marketplace.

- Bauer and Ringel

 
 Broadly, telemedicine involves the use
of modern information technology,
especially two-way interactive audio and
video telecommunications, computers
and telemetry, to deliver health services to
remote patients and to facilitate
information exchange between primary
care physicians and specialists at some
distances from each other.
Types of telemedicine
 
Telemedicine can be broken into three
main categories:
Store-and-forward

Store-and-forward telemedicine
involves acquiring medical data (like
medical images, biosignals etc) and then
transmitting this data to a doctor or
medical specialist at a convenient time for
assessment offline.
Remote monitoring

Remote monitoring, also known as self-

monitoring/testing, enables medical
professionals to monitor a patient
remotely using various technological
devices.
Interactive telemedicine

Interactive telemedicine services

provide real-time interactions between
patient and provider, to include phone
conversations, online communication and
home visits.
Benefits and Uses of Telemedicine

Telemedicine is most beneficial for

populations living in isolated communities
and remote regions and is currently being
applied in virtually all medical domains.

Telemedicine is useful as a
communication tool between a general
practitioner and a specialist available at a
remote location.
MEDIA OF COMMUNICATION IN
TELEMEDICINE:
 
 
Telephone lines

ISDN (Integrated Service Digital

Network) lines

Satellite communication
FUTURE TRENDS IN TELEMEDICINE

In India, it has started developing slowly

and in the next few years many people are
expected to be benefited by telemedicine.

Telemedicine is also expected to be faster

in India due to private sector intervention in
the telecom area, which will provide fiber
optic links, and hence we will be having a
much error free and speedier access.