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WHAT IS TELEMEDICINE


By dloko - Posted on 19 May 2011

WHAT IS TELEMEDICINE Mean distance practiced medicine, including diagnosis and treatment as well as medical education, is a technological resource that allows optimization of health care services, saving time and money and facilitating access to remote areas to take care of specialists. Thus we can define the following services that telemedicine provides: Additional services and instant attention from a specialist (getting a second opinion). Immediate diagnosis by a doctor who specializes in a particular area. Remote education students in nursing and medical schools. Digital Archive Services radiological examinations, ultrasound and others. All this translates into a reduction in time between the taking of examinations and obtaining results, or between care and accurate diagnosis of the specialist, which should not travel or the patient does not have to be examined, while reducing costs and money.