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Telecom Business Review | Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Telecommunication technology in healthcare or “telemedicine” could play a major role in saving the life of someone who requires immediate specialist care.
Fremont, CA: Paramedics take you to the nearest ER, where you are told there are no stroke neurologists around. But fortunately, the ER has videoconferencing equipment linking it to stroke neurologists founded in larger hospitals in other cities.
These stroke neurologists can assess your neurological working and provide acute stroke treatments, all from a distance. Thereby, telecommunication technology in healthcare or “telemedicine” could play a major role in saving the life of someone who requires immediate specialist care but is too far from specialist services to physically reach this important care.
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Telemedicine is vital in delivering long-term care to the global population. The appearance of new forms of technology, like computers, broadband internet, and videoconferencing equipment, has allowed physicians to offer care for their patients without requiring them to be in the same physical location. This new form of delivering healthcare benefits many global population demographics.
Telemedicine outcomes in the electronic data transmission between a patient and a healthcare provider. Instances of telemedicine contain video consultations between the patient and their supplier, monitoring patient data (such as heart rate, blood pressure, etc.) remotely, and providing information to the patient regarding managing their conditions.
Telecommunication equipment to deliver long-term patient care benefits the patient and their healthcare provider.
Benefits to the patient:
• People sustenance in rural areas, or other areas without access to specialist care services, can consult with their healthcare provider without requiring to travel a long distance.
• People living with chronic circumstances requiring regular monitoring of their vital statistics (e.g., heart rate and blood pressure every week) can send the data to their physician without needing to visit them physically.
• Homebound individuals (e.g., restricted to a bed or wheelchair) will not be required to travel to see their physician. Rather, they can have a health professional monitor their condition and promptly send a brief to the physician. This is especially beneficial for people recovering from the effects of a stroke, a heart attack or a serious car crash.
• Access to laboratory test outcomes online will decrease the requirement for patients to visit their physician to access their test results.
• The increased level of collaboration leads to patient empowerment, which leads to more patient-centric care provision.
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