In a setting of constant change and confusing terminology, telehealth continues to gain
ground in both developed and developing countries within the overarching milieu of e …

summary Telemedicine can provide a compelling alternative to conventional acute, chronic
and preventive care, and can improve clinical outcomes. In the industrialized world, it is …

Telecommunications bring the potential to improve both the quality of and access to health
care in the remotest areas of the developing world. Telemedicine offers solutions for …

Telemedicine started as a method to provide medical support when a face-to-face
interaction between the providers was difficult due to the distance, cost, or simple …

Background The use of telehealth as a viable mobility to deliver quality services steadily
increases in various levels of the health system. Despite the increasing use of telemedicine …

Fundamentals of Telemedicine and Telehealth provides an overview on the use of
information and communication technologies (ICTs) to solve health problems, especially for …

Despite the great promise that telehealth holds for improving cost, quality and access, there
is currently a disjunction between what we know about telehealth and system growth and …

Background Telehealth, as other information and communication technologies (ICTs)
introduced to support the delivery of health care services, is considered as a means to …

In rural and sparsely populated countries, telemedicine can be a vital and life-saving link to
health care, and in those regions where demands on hospitals are ever increasing, it can …

While there are significant potential advantages and benefits fromtelemedicine, the
evidence of its cost-effectiveness and sustainability is meagre. This is because much of the …