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What is Telemedicine?

Telemedicine is the practice of medicine over distance through the use of computers and telecommunications. In its simplest form, telemedicine is medicine over a distance. Early telemedicine may have been as simple as a patient or doctor telephoning another doctor for advice and consultation. Today, telemedicine can bring a geographically remote specialist into the actual examination room or operating room via a live interactive system. Telemedicine electronically transports the full range of medical care into remote areas. Patients and physicians who live hours or days from advanced medical care, or even basic services, can directly gain access to high quality medical expertise without leaving their community.

Telemedicine can be synchronous, or provided through “real time” video interactions. It can also be asynchronous, or provided through “store and forward” technology. Store and forward technology allows providers to transmit a patient’s health information for review by another provider at a later time.
 

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