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Informative Article | Management | India | Volume 5 Issue 1, January 2016

Telemedicine

S. Saradhadevi S. | V. Hemavathy ^[15]

Abstract: Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patients clinical health status. Telemedicine includes a growing variety of applications and services using two-way video, email, smart phones, wireless tools and other forms of telecommunications technology. Patient consultations via video conferencing, transmission of still images, e-health including patient portals, remote monitoring of vital signs, continuing medical education, consumer-focused wireless applications and nursing call centers, among other applications, are all considered part of telemedicine and telehealth.

Keywords: Tele education, tele health, video conference

Edition: Volume 5 Issue 1, January 2016,

Pages: 675 - 677

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