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Тақырыбы: Telemedicine

Авторлары: Kevin Hung, Yuan-Ting Zhang

First published: 14 April 2006

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Telemedicine could overcome the limitations of time and space and shorten the distance between doctors and patients. China has a vast territory, however, the distributions of its population and medical resources are uneven: approximately 36% of the population lives in rural areas, while approximately 80% of medical resources are concentrated in large- and medium-sized cities [3, 4].

Therefore, the implementation of telemedicine could address regional inequality in the distribution of medical resources in China, reduce the medical costs of patients, and improve the timeliness of disease monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment

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Disciplines of telemedicine include teleanesthesia, telecardiology, teledermatology, teleconsultation,

telemonitoring, home telecare, telepsychiatry, teleneurology, teleradiology, teleoncology, teleophthalmology,

telepathology, and telesurgery.

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Various standards are used to ensure efficient communication between telemedicine systems and medical devices. A current trend is mobile telemedicine, which utilizes the emerging wireless communication and mobile computing platforms.