BASICS OF TELEMEDICINE
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BASICS OF TELEMEDICINE
What is Telemedicine?
Telemedicine is a 'healthcare delivery tool' or vehicle using Information and Communication Technology (ICT), customized to deliver specialized healthcare without geographical boundaries and distance.
History -
Telemedicine is not new. In fact, croup in a child was diagnosed by telephone in 1897,
and x-rays were transmitted by phone in the 1940s. Yet, many telemedicine programs
failed in the 1970s and 1980s after a short period of operation, primarily because of
poor quality images, high equipment costs, and staff training problems. However,
improved technologies with digital data transmission, greater bandwidths, and
high-capacity communications links have led to renewed interest in telemedicine
Bio-telemetry -
Biotelemetry is defined as a means of transmitting biomedical or physiological data from
a remote location (e.g., astronauts in space) to a location that has the capability to
interpret the data and affect decision making (e.g. ground controllers at Mission Control
Center of NASA)...