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Telemedicine:
Applications
Telemedicine
finds application in a wide area. Given below are areas of application and
the advantages accrued thereof.
 Specialist
consultations between two or more hospitals:
Advantage to patients due to higher accuracy of diagnosis and treatment.
Leads to shorter hospital stay, faster turnover, increased availability
of hospital beds and conservation of medical assets.
Opinions on
special investigations: Secondary
medical centers can send investigations like ECGs, EEGS, TMTs,
ultrasound/CAT/MRI scans, etc for reporting/ opinions to specialists at tertiary
centers. This would conserve scarce resources, in this case, the specialists and
lead to their better utilization.
Specialist
opinions to GPs at small towns and villages: A
'Telemed Unit' once made available to a general practitioner (GP) at a remote site would connect him
and hundreds like him to a Central Specialist Center (CSC). The CSC
would provide these GPs with 24 hrs 7 days a week specialist consultancy.
This would result in a good number of patients being treated locally,
though being monitored by specialists, remotely. Franchising
of such units would be a viable business proposition.
Multispecialty
Consultations: A 'Telemed Unit' once made available to a general practitioner (GP) at a remote site would connect him
and hundreds like him to a Central Specialist Center (CSC). The CSC
would allow him to connect simultaneously to more than one specialist to
thoroughly discuss a patients case.
Virtual
Patient visits: Relatives
can 'virtually' visit their near and dear ones admitted to hospitals
1000s of miles away with the help of video conferencing. This would be a
tremendous psychological boost for the patient and could speed up his
recovery.
Medical
Tourism: The Buzz
word in corporate hospitals today. Patients from far off countries
can avail of superb, immediate treatment at less then half to one sixth
the cost that they would have paid in their own country.
Chronic
patients monitored from home:
Chronic pts can be monitored from home regularly by remote consults, cutting
down on trips to distant hospitals. This methodology applies well to certain cardiovascular,
respiratory, diabetic, renal, psychiatric and dermatological
cases.
Medical
Lectures, Updates, tutorials: Lectures
and updates can be provided online for on-the-job training.
Treatment of
patients in inaccessible areas:
Patents in inaccessible areas like mountains, ships at seas, islands
when cut off due to weather conditions or natural disasters can be
treated and monitored till they get access to a hospital.
Treatment
of casualties in disaster areas. Telemedicine
portable units can be setup at disaster areas in a few hours to assist
local doctors in receiving specialist opinions and advice for rational evacuation
of casualties.
These are just
a few of the areas where telemedicine is utilized today .
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