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Telemedicine is the interactive audio-visual communication between health care providers and their patients. The paper describes various aspects of telemedicine in the US. Telemedicine system can utilise video conferencing, voice mentoring, mobile high bandwidth communications systems and digital imaging . They claim to improve the quality of emergency care, provide access to specialty care regardless of location and provide better overall medical decision support. Examples are cited to show that telemedicine is used for emergency consultation, mentoring at a distance, providing access to medical expertise in remote rural and expensive-to-serve areas, and for patient and medical education. It is claimed that potential savings can include provider time and travel, patient time and travel, savings from reductions or substitutions in personnel needed, the reduction of redundant tests, and treatment early in the course of the disease when treatment is less costly.
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Spradley, S. (2001). Telemedicine: The Future of Medicine — A Case Study of Telemedicine Applications within the United States. In: Rasmussen, L.B., Beardon, C., Munari, S. (eds) Computers and Networks in the Age of Globalization. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 57. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35400-2_21
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