The design and implementation of telemedicine systems in remote rural areas need to address telemedicine clinical pathway technology, remote monitoring and diagnosis, and telemedicine technology.
Introduction of telemedicine:
Telemedicine refers to the use of computer technology, remote sensing, telemetry, remote control technology as a basis, giving full play to the advantages of medical technology and medical equipment of large hospitals or specialized medical centers, to the poorer medical conditions in remote areas, islands, or ships on the sick and wounded in the remote area of the long-distance Diagnosis, treatment and counseling.
The aim is to improve the level of diagnosis and medical care, reduce medical expenses, and meet the needs of the general public health care of a new medical service. Telemedicine technology has developed from the initial television monitoring, telephone remote diagnosis to the use of high-speed network for digital, image, voice transmission,
and real-time voice and high-definition image of the real-time communication for the application of modern medicine provides a broader space for development. Foreign countries in this field of development has a history of more than 40 years, while our country only in the last few years to get attention and development. The main goal of telemedicine is to improve medical services and provide patients with better consultation, diagnosis, treatment programs and follow-up experience.
Telemedicine (Telemedicine) in a broad sense: the use of telecommunication technology, holographic imaging technology, new electronic technology and computer multimedia technology to play the advantages of large medical centers, medical technology and equipment for health care conditions and special environments to provide long-distance medical information and services.
It includes tele-diagnosis, tele-consultation and nursing, tele-education, telemedicine information services and all other medical activities. In a narrow sense: it refers to telemedicine, including remote imaging, remote diagnosis and consultation, remote nursing and other medical activities. The development of this field in foreign countries has nearly 40 years of history, in our country started late.
Program medical care including telemedicine consultation, telemedicine education, the establishment of multimedia health care consulting system. Telemedicine consultation establishes a brand-new link between medical experts and patients, so that patients can receive consultation from remote experts in the original place and the original hospital, and carry out treatment and care under their guidance, which can save a lot of time and money for doctors and patients.
Telemedicine uses computers, communications, and medical technology and equipment to realize "face-to-face" consultation between experts and patients, and between experts and medical personnel, through the long-distance transmission of data, text, voice, and image information. Telemedicine is not just a medical or clinical problem, but also includes communication networks, databases and other aspects of the problem, and the need to integrate them into the network system.