TeleMedicine

1. Whar are the pros and cons of TeleMedicine?

1.1. PROS

1.1.1. You can get first hand information about your health.

1.1.2. Allows you to access experts and information that you cannot easily access.

1.1.3. Specialist can hear the sound of your cough or see your swollen eyes.

1.1.4. Benefit from health insurance without problems.

1.1.5. Edanur -Kaymetal/Turkey

1.2. CONS

1.2.1. Can be expensive for the provider to set up and maintain.

1.2.2. TeleMedicine can be too expensive for small healthcare facilities.

1.2.3. If you prefer a more personal or face-to-face relationship, telemedicine may not be an option for you.

1.2.4. Some types of illnesses or problems have to be solved face to face, not through TeleMedicine.

2. Who invented TeleMedicine?

2.1. The history of the telemedicine idea is based on the invention of the means of communication. An 1879 Lancet article stated that the use of the phone could reduce unnecessary office visits8. Almost 100 years ago, in 1922, the US inventor named Hugo Gernsback explained the idea of ​​the device called "teledactyl". The teledactyl would allow doctors to see patients far from a screen and treat them with robotic arms.

2.2. The first application that could be called telemedicine emerged in the 1950s when some hospitals in the USA started to share information and images over telephone lines. The first notable success in this area came when two hospitals in Pennsylvania managed to share X-ray images over telephone lines -Toygu/Zile Fen Lisesi/Turkey.

3. What can we do thanks to TeleMedicine?

3.1. Thanks to telemedicine it is possible to activate a hospital-doctors-territory network, to monitor patients, assist them in chronic diseases and promote prevention. -Calliopi/Italy

4. What is TeleMedicine?

4.1. It allows doctors to evaluate, treat, and diagnose patients at a distance using telecommunications technology. -Julia/Poland

5. What are three types of TeleMedicine?

5.1. -Store and Send

5.2. -Real Clock

5.3. -Remote Control

5.4. Sophia/Greece

6. What is the purpose of TeleMedicine?

6.1. Telemedicine is the exchange of medical information between doctors and patients through electronic communications. This allows people to be cured even if they can't move from the houses or they have to practice social distancing. Giacomo S. / ITT Allievi-Sangallo - Terni, Italy