Question

Explain telemedicine, and describe how it is typically being used in either a rural or an urban setting at the present time. For the setting you chose, what are telemedicine's overall strengths? What are its overall weaknesses?

Next, select an allied health profession and describe how telemedicine is now or could affect patient care in that field. In your responses to colleagues, select posts that discuss different settings and professions (if possible) and offer a fresh perspective or a novel approach as to how telemedicine could be more fully used.

Answer 1

1.Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technology to provide clinical health care from distance.It is used to overcome the distance barriers to improve the medical services and also to save lives in critical and emergency situations.

This telecommunication permits communication between the patient and the medical staff for the transmission of medical data and for the treatment purpose.
Mostly this telemedicine is used in rural setting, where is the lack of medical resources.

Strengths of telemedicine:-
*It saves time and money for travel to get the treatment.
*It eliminates possible transmission of infectious diseases from patients to medical staff.

Weaknesses of telemedicine:-
*problem with data management equipment and of technical training for medical personnel who employ it.
*Increased risk of medical errors in absence of registered medical professionals.
*Risk of protected health information may be compromised through electronic storage and transmission.

2.EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
the telemedicine is really helpful for the people who are in critical conditions and where there is no hope because of lack of medical facilities.

*A noval approach to telemedicine includes
increasing acceptance of telehealth as astandard of care
international collaboration
personal sharing instead of hub sharing
mobile health
new remote clinical services.