Telemedicine

Telemedicine and telehealth are innovative practices in which technology is used to diagnose, treat, assess, monitor, communicate and educate patients (Furrow, Greaney, Johnson, Stoltzfus Jost, & Schwartz, 2015). These practices are considered cutting edge as the technology didn’t exist to provide such services in the past, even just a few years ago. Telemedicine and telehealth are controversial as they have risks of liability not seen in traditional face-to-face medicine, challenges exist in…

Background: Telemedicine is the technology which utilizes the telecommunications system to treat the health of the people form a distance where there is now availability of the skilled and specialized physician and no physician at all. Due to the inability of the low skilled physicians and unavailability of the physician or Healthcare service, the lives of the people who live in the remote or the rural areas are being jeopardize. Purpose: The main aim of this research paper is to outline the…

medical patients are able to connect with their doctors in cyberspace. In her article, “Is Telemedicine Right for You,” Bisgaard-Fratzen introduces the advantages of telemedicine heath care; economical pricing and convenience. Coinciding with Bisgaard-Fratzen’s ideas, Raymond’s article, “Pros and Cons of Getting a Second Opinion Online,” elaborates on the effects of getting an online second opinion. Though telemedicine offers promising advantages, the modern technology exhibits some downfalls.…

Telehealth and telemedicine are using interchangeably. Nevertheless, telehealth focuses on big domain of related health services for example, patient care, but telemedicine represent direct clinical services. To increase the value of health care the quality should be improved and the cost should be reduced these two goals could be achieved by unifying telehealth and traditional health care. (IOM) observes that health care field is the most complex business. The integration required huge…

healthcare industry attention in telemedicine? Well, according to the CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, Jonathan Linkous defines “it as the delivery of any health care service or transmission of wellness information using telecommunications technology, that has the possibility to change the way medical care is provided in the United States (11 Telemedicine Tools Transforming Healthcare, 2012).” The meaning of Telehealth is often associated with telemedicine, but may not always…

Innovative healthcare professionals turn to telemedicine and telenursing for more effective, faster, and convenient care for patients, in particular, the ones that are unable to see the healthcare provider in person (Van Alstin, 2016, p. 6). Telenursing is nursing practice though electronic sources such as telephone and webcam to provide consulting, advising, triage, teaching, and much more (Texas Board of Nursing, n.d). According to Aziz and Abochar (2015), telemedicine and telenursing is…

biggest object limiting the widespread implementation of telemedicine is the potential security risks attributed to it. Hospitals are afraid that telemedicine software can become comprise; thus, allowing individuals to acquire confidential patient information. However, recent advances in telemedicine software have tried to reduce the possibility of patient information getting compromised. According to Zanaboni et al. (2009), most telemedicine systems are now equipped with software that allows…

article that I came across, describes telemedicine in correctional facilities. Throughout the article it discusses, many aspects about using telemedicine within a correctional facility to treat inmates, such as; advantages and disadvantages. One of the major topics of the article, is the benefits that telemedicine can have within a prison environment. It is known that telemedicine can have multiple benefits such as; improve treatment and reduce cost. Using telemedicine within a prison…

of other strained healthcare areas such the overuse of emergency rooms for non-emergent needs. As you can see many barriers exist that keep people from very basic healthcare. Telemedicine is the direction healthcare needs to take to help take the burden off our system and promote longer and healthier lives. A. Telemedicine will fill the void where there is not enough access to healthcare providers. As Merritt Hawkins (2014) reports from their survey currently patients typically have to wait for…

healthcare and medicine field in mostly positive ways. Telemedicine deals with treatment and diagnosis of medical problems via telecommunication technology. Telemedicine was founded and has the power of electronic information is strong enough to bridge the gap between communication and distance in order to deliver necessary care when needed. Distant healthcare services can be offered efficiently through Tele-care across remote regions. Video telemedicine, Internet, fax, e-mails, computers and…