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    Running Head: Telemedicine Telemedicine Ismael Garza South Texas College What is telemedicine? Telemedicine is any medical act performed without direct physical contact between the practitioner and patient‚ or between professionals together‚ through a telematic system. In other words‚ telemedicine uses information technology and telecommunications to provide medical assistance or support‚ regardless of the distance that separates those who offer the service

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    Telemedicine By using telecommunications and information technology healthcare professionals are able to provide healthcare services to patients from any location. Telemedicine dates back to Ancient Romans‚ Greeks‚ and American Indian tribes where signals were used to communicate information to communities from far distances. Telemedicine is an affordable and accessible practice that targets people‚ specifically in developing countries‚ who do not have immediate access to health care facilities.

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    In a world full of technology users‚ telemedicine is beginning to make a large impact on those who live in rural areas as well as urban areas. More than 15 million Americans received some kind of medical care via telemedicine. (Beck‚ 2016). Telemedicine is best defined as diagnosis and treatment of a patient via web‚ telephone‚ email‚ and webcam used by physicians (Chiron Health). Many physicians and health providers are navigating towards electronic communications in order to help patients make

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    Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communication to improve a patient’s health Status (American Telemedicine Association‚ 2012). Patients use two-way video‚ email‚ smart phones‚ wireless tools and other forms of telecommunications technology (American Telemedicine Association‚ 2012). James Paul Marcin‚ MD‚ MPH who takes care of critical care pediatric cites a recent case that illustrates the reach of telemedicine: A child who was truly

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    Telemedicine 1 Telemedicine Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities. It is also used to save lives in critical care and emergency situations. Although there were distant precursors to telemedicine‚ it is essentially a product of 20th century telecommunication

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    subjects to consider when studying or examining. Of those subjects; telemedicine and telehealth. This two categories are very important and are similar to one-another in some ways but they are two very different subjects. Telehealth refers to one operation in healthcare and telemedicine refers to another. Here I will describe to you the differences between the two categories. While the definitions of the two terms vary; telemedicine usually refers the use of technology and resources to diagnose/treat

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    Marsha: 1. Discuss several interesting telemedicine projects such as the Teleburn and Telekidcare projects that offer new medical delivery models. One telemedicine project that I found interesting was the Health-e-Chair. “The system enables monitoring patients at home or in the work place to use audio-visual bi-directional communication through the home television and a wireless communication system” (Pharmaceuticals‚ n.d.). This allows patients who may be confined to his or her home the ability

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    Technology and Health Care 13 (2005) 199–219 IOS Press 199 Design and implementation of a telemedicine system using Bluetooth protocol and GSM/GPRS network‚ for real time remote patient monitoring Yousef Jasemian∗ and Lars Arendt Nielsen Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI)‚ Department of Health Science & Technology‚ Aalborg University‚ Fredrik Bajers Vej 7‚ Bld. D-3‚ DK-9220‚ Aalborg E.‚ Denmark Received 1 September 2004 Accepted 12 February 2005 Abstract. This paper introduces the

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    Telemedicine: The Future in Health Care Topic Question: Is telemedicine vital for health care delivery? The idea of telemedicine is not new. In fact‚ when we get sick we often pick up the phone and discuss our conditions and possible treatments with our health care providers through the telephone. When there is an accident we dial 911 to obtain emergency assistance. These are just a few simple examples of applications of telemedicine. With advancements in technology‚ the new era of

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    Administration INSTRUCTOR – JUDE E. EDWARD‚ D.B.A. From: Milind Raval (ID-108 00 1235) TELEMEDICINE USAGE IN FRANCE AND THE U.S: AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION USING THE TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL 1. INTRODUCTION Today‚ telemedicine has made many advances around the world. Different countries have continued steady approach to telemedicine like Canada‚ U.K.‚ France‚ and USA. Key aspect of telemedicine is the use of electronic signals to transfer information from one site to another. When medical

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