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Telemedicine-Introduction: Telemedicine Is The Remote Communication of Information To Facilitate Clinical Care

Telemedicine involves the remote exchange of medical information through technologies like voice, video, images and medical records to facilitate clinical care. It uses medical instrumentation to collect biomedical signals and data, telecommunication technologies to transmit this information over networks, and information technologies for storage, retrieval and presentation. Some early systems from the 1920s included transmitting ECGs and EEGs over phone lines, and providing medical advice to sailors via radio. Telemedicine has since expanded to videoconferencing between providers and patients, training healthcare professionals, and providing access to medical knowledge databases. The benefits of telemedicine include improved access to care, enhanced quality of care decisions, reduced isolation for providers, and decreased costs from less travel.

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Telemedicine-Introduction: Telemedicine Is The Remote Communication of Information To Facilitate Clinical Care

Telemedicine involves the remote exchange of medical information through technologies like voice, video, images and medical records to facilitate clinical care. It uses medical instrumentation to collect biomedical signals and data, telecommunication technologies to transmit this information over networks, and information technologies for storage, retrieval and presentation. Some early systems from the 1920s included transmitting ECGs and EEGs over phone lines, and providing medical advice to sailors via radio. Telemedicine has since expanded to videoconferencing between providers and patients, training healthcare professionals, and providing access to medical knowledge databases. The benefits of telemedicine include improved access to care, enhanced quality of care decisions, reduced isolation for providers, and decreased costs from less travel.

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Telemedicine- Introduction

Telemedicine is the remote communication of information to facilitate clinical care.

Exchange of Information at a Distance


Voice Image Video Graphics Elements of Medical Records Commands to a surgical robot

Technologies Involved

Medical Instrumentation
Sensing Bio-medical Signals, Medical Imaging, Measurement of Physical Parameters e.g. Body Temperature, Pressure etc.

Telecommunication Technology
Trans-receiver on different communication channels and network such as, on wired network, wireless medium etc.

Information Technology
Information representation, storage, retrieval, processing, and presentation.

Early systems

1920 (USA): Transmission of ECGs and EEGs on ordinary telephone lines. 1920 (USA): Medical advice services for sailors based upon Morse code and voice radio. 1950s (USA): Telepsychiatry between a state mental hospital and the Nebraska Psychiatric Institue using microwave link

Early systems

1950s (USA): NASA and the US Public Health Services developed a joint telemedicine programme to serve the Papago Indian Reservation in Arizona. 1960s (USA): Two-way closed-circuit television systems to facilitate both the transmission of medical images such as radiographs as well as consultations between doctors. 1970s (USA): Paramedics in remote Alaskan and Canadian Villages connected with hospitals in distant towns and cities using the ATS-6 satellite systems

Early systems

1971, Japan: First time implemented in two areas: Nakatsu-mura and Kozagawa-cho, Wakayama using telephone line for voice and Fax transmission and CATV system for image transmission. 1972, Japan: Between Aomori Teishin Hospital and Tokyo Teishin Hospital over 4 Mhz TV channel and several telephone lines. Other systems came up for teleradiology in several places in Japan like, Nagasaki, Tokai etc.

Applications in different forms


Information exchange between Hospitals and Physicians. Networking of group of hospitals, research centers. Linking rural health clinics to a central hospital. Videoconferencing between a patient and doctor, among members of healthcare teams. Training of healthcare professionals in widely distributed or remote clinical settings. Instant access to medical knowledgebase, technical papers etc.

Benefits of 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.

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