Few ways telemedicine is changing healthcare

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Few ways telemedicine is changing healthcare
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• Before going through the topic, first, we have to
  understand about telemedicine. Basically,
  Telemedicine is the use of information technology
  (IT) and telecommunications to provide medical
  care remotely.
• Telemedicine technology includes
• Email,
• Smartphone applications,
• Text Messaging,
• Landlines and video conferencing,
• telemedicine software or telemedicine
  applications, and
• additional web-based tools.
• These tools allow patients to receive
  personalized care in their homes.

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Telemedicine is used in medical fields such as
dermatology, behavioral health and cardiology as
a way to provide better care to communities
underserved physicians and hospital.
Lets take a look at few ways telemedicine is
changing healthcare by SISGAIN
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Diagnosis and early treatment of strokes

• According to the survey,
• Patients who are the part of the tele-stroke
  network get 20 minutes faster treatment than the
  patients who are in the hospital and outside the
  networks.
• Telemedicine led to better diagnosis and
  treatment of stroke compared to telephone
  interactions with patients.

• Neurologists and radiologists were able to use
  Smartphone image-sharing applications that proved
  to be as accurate as desktop-based picture
  archiving and communication system.

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Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Monitoring

• There are some patients that need to be kept
  under observation in ICU for 24/7 and here
  telemedicine came.
• Telemedicine provides support within the ICU.

• It provides a second set of eyes for nurses and
  physicians who must treat several patients at one
  amid alarms and other distractions that may make
  them miss a medication dose, the sudden change in
  blood pressure or other important signals.
• This technology is being used in a lot of ICUs
  because there, the patients need to be monitored
  continuously.

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Rehabilitation at home

• Telemedicine now helps with discharged patients
  as they undergo their rehabilitation at home.

• Telemedicine ensures that this is possible with
  the guidance and support of health providers who
  are able to monitor and intervene when necessary
  to ensure complete recovery and reduce chances of
  hospital re-admissions.

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Diabetes Monitoring

• Telehealth platforms allow patients with diabetes
  to effectively track and self-manage their health
  condition with great ease.

• With Telemedicine technology, it is easier to
  track a patients calorie intake, monitor
  medication and doses and log workouts.

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Support for mental health care

• Telehealth platform help patients connect with
  mental health professionals and consult with them
  securely.

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Reduction of Heart Disease Risks

• Telemedicine helps the doctors and other
  professionals to keep a check on your habits and
  your daily routines.

• They can check if you are eating healthy or not
  and also they monitor your smoking and drinking
  habits.
• This technology can help in reducing the risk of
  heart diseases in patients.

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Improve Oral Health with store-and-Forward
Telemedicine

• Telemedicine improves dentistry access and
  services by allowing dentists to share
  information.

• The main benefit of telemedicine in dentistry,
  then, is sharing records among dentists and
  dental specialists to determine if a certain
  procedure is necessary.
• Specialists can also help dentists spot problem
  areas and suggest preventive measure to a patient
  so that costly, complicated procedure can be
  avoided.

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Link patients, General practitioners to
Dermatologists

• Telemedicine technologies improve the area of
  Dermatologists.
• Patients with skin problems now can send their
  image direct to their dermatologists, along with
  health history.

• But the images tend not to contain any of the
  personal health information (PHI) that raises
  HIPAA security and privacy red flags.

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