Telemedicine

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  • Tele Doctors Website: http://teledoctors.w… Teledoctors is trying to fill the gap in the rural areas where quality healthcare is practically minimal. A person in need of medical help in deep rural areas is at mercy of a spiritual healer, or a midwife. What we are doing is to provide some basic information to the patient and guide him/her to a right healthcare facility. In our experience of last 4 years-lives are saved. There are limitations on extending healthcare through Telephone but there is a good possibility that the patient gets right guidance on his/her health issue and can avail right healthcare. This will save his/her trouble and provide awareness.

“The delivery of healthcare services, where distance is a critical factor, by all healthcare professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries, research and evaluation, and for the continuing education of healthcare providers, all in the interests of advancing the health of individuals and their communities”

Telemedicine is a confluence of Communication Technology, Information Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Medical Science. The Telemedicine system consists of customised hardware and software at both the Patient and Specialist doctor ends with some of the Diagnostic Equipments like ECG, X-ray and pathology Microscope/Camera provided at the patient end. Through a Telemedicine system consisting of simple computer with communication systems, the medical images and other information pertaining to the patients can be sent to the specialist doctors, either in advance or on a real time basis through the satellite link in the form of Digital Data Packets. These packets are received at the specialist centre, the images  and other information is reconstructed so that the specialist doctor can study the data, perform diagnosis, interact with the patient and suggest the appropriate treatment during a Video Conference with the patient end. Telemedicine facility thus enables the specialist doctor and the patient separated by thousands of kilometers to see visually and talk to each other. This enables the specialist doctor to assess the physical and psychological state of the patient and suggest treatment. This remote tele-consultation and treatment is much more valuable in case of post operation (Post Surgery) follow up since the patient is not required to travel unnecessarily and hence saving money and time. In this way, the systematic application of Information and Communication Technologies to the practice of healthcare rapidly expands the outreach of the healthcare system.

Major areas of Telemedicine Technology Adopted…

  •  Tele-consultation
  •  Tele-diagnosis
  •  Tele-treatment
  •  Tele-education
  •  Tele-training
  •  Tele-monitoring
  •  Tele-support

Future Of Telemedicne:

Telemedicine can enlarge the gap between life and death and can extend quality Healthcare to the
needy and the under privileged rural, semi rural and urban population at large.

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