Telemedicine

Abstract Telemedicine is the delivery of medical diagnosis, treatment, and patient care by means of telecommunication, information technologies, and electronic technologies with medical expertise. It helps to provide medical services to underserved areas and promotes medical resources sharing, cost reduction, and improvement in healthcare support for the current and foreseen aging population. Disciplines of telemedicine include teleanesthesia, telecardiology, teledermatology, teleconsultation, telemonitoring, home telecare, telepsychiatry, teleneurology, teleradiology, teleoncology, teleophthalmology, telepathology, and telesurgery. Various standards are used to ensure efficient communication between telemedicine systems and medical devices. A current trend is mobile telemedicine, which utilizes the emerging wireless communication and mobile computing platforms.