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Telecommunication technology used in home healthcare

  • Sumant Mishra*
  • , C. G. Nayak
  • , K. C. Shet
  • , V. I. George
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Current telemedicine applications are usually developed for doctors to do consultation and case study between several hospitals. Patients see doctor at home via internet becomes possible and it might be a part of lifestyle in the future. Telemedicine has been an active area of research for over 30 years. In the past, several telemedicine applications using wired EPABX telecommunications equipment were provided whereas now-a-days the evolution of wireless communication means enabling telemedicine systems to operate everywhere in the world, thus expanding telemedicine benefits, services and applications. How these applications are used in healthcare delivery and what are the technologies used in this system are explained in this paper.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)38-39
    Number of pages2
    JournalJournal of the Indian Medical Association
    Volume109
    Issue number1
    Publication statusPublished - 01-2011

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • General Medicine

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