Telemedicine
With the broadband network entering thousands of households, it has become possible to transmit diagnostic and patient management information over long distances, and telemedicine has become a new research hotspot. Through the network television and wireless technology, physicians and patients can pass the corresponding medical information at any time, thus creating a broader application prospects for telemedicine. However, the expensive medical cost of telemedicine makes it limited to specific groups of people at this stage.
The emergence of the Internet has provided a medium for the transmission of pictures and text, and has also provided medical institutions with a huge amount of information data. With the help of the Internet, physicians can not only enjoy medical resources globally***, but also communicate extensively for a particular case. For example, the U.S. National Library of Medicine provides medicine online (MEDLINE) database, its members can view, print all kinds of literature; medical network (CLINICWEB) provides an index of all the clinical information, is a commonly used search engine in the medical community. At the same time, the development of the Internet provides the possibility for some people suffering from the same disease to communicate with each other, and the formation of such a patient communication organization is conducive to the self-search for the most appropriate treatment.