Telemedicine
The use of ICT to examine & or provide healthcare to a patient who is far away from the hospital is called Telemedicine.
Example 1 - Emergency Telemedicine; when a patient cannot connect with a hospital, they can connect to the communication network & receive emergency treatment. Example 2 -Home health medicine; keeping the patient at home and monitoring his or her condition using networked home monitoring system.Example 3 - Telemedicine consultation; seeking medical consultation of a specialist at the emergency treatment unit when he or she is not physically available in hospital. Example 4 -Telesurgery remote surgery is the ability of doctor to perform surgery on a patient consultation with a specialist by the use of ict.
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