What is the Telemedicine?

It's the Application of telecommunication Technology  into the field of medical services , It's the branch of science concerned With The practice of medical activities, and supply of medical services areas where medical specialties are not availabilities, Involves consultation and treatment without direct contact between the patient and the practitioner.

Benefits 

Patients:

• Equitable access to quality Healthcare services.

• People at remote areas will receive effective treatment (De-isolation of remote areas).

• Patients with rare disease will receive second opinion consultation and more opportunity to get efficient treatment.

• Better management of patient referrals.

• Patient require treatment aboard will be will receive  the same treatment in local hospital with cutting traveling expenses.

Health care Provider:

1. Time.

2. Effort.

3. Money (reduce the increasing costs of healthcare services).

Objectives 

• To achieve efficient effective and affordable healthcare by utilizing Telemedicine tools.

• To Provide Access to remote consultation diagnosis and Monitoring.

• To provide physicians with secured means for accessing patient's medical records.

• To enable training and education in the deferent fields of medicine.   

The Strategy for introducing Telemedicine  

• Careful initial introduction 

• The performance of the Telecommunications services available. 

• Resources :

  •  financial.

  • Personal.

  • Communication.

• Regulatory mechanisms:

  • Accreditation.

  • Monitoring.

  • Pricing.

         Applications

Tele-consultation:

• Teledermatology.

• Teleopthalmology.

Telepath logy: