A Review: Telediagnostics System
Mahakal Singh · 2013
In the last decade there has beenproliferation of telecommunication technologies world wide. The penetration of cellular mobile communication technologiesis phenomenal in both in rural and urban areas. However,the efforts to provide appropriate health care to remote and rural areas have not yielded the desired results due to socio economic and geographical factors.In this context, tele-diagnosis, an information and communication technology based tool, has the potential to assist in electronic delivery of diagnostic and healthcare services to remote rural population even in the absence of physical infrastructure in place and thus can create a platform to develop and deploy health care network. Telemonitoring can be used to minimize the effect of distance between health provider and patient, improve access to specialist healthcare, reduce travel requirements, provide economic saving by sharing of resources, enhance effective communication between health professionals and improve quality of health care. Appropriate use of mix of available telecommunication technologies can make telemedicine deployment a reality.