Telemedicine
- use of communications & information technologies for delivery of clinical care
- practiced on the two concepts : real time & store-and-forward
- real time:
Øe.g. telephone call/robotic surgery
Ø presence of both parties and a communications link between them that allows a real-time interaction to take place - store-and-forward:
Øinvolves acquiring medical data à transmitting data to a doctor or medical specialist for assessment offline
Ødo not require presence of both parties at the same time
Ødermatology, radiology, pathology are common specialties that are conducive to asynchronous telemedicine
