Telemedicine & Telehealth Efforts of the U.S. Government

by Michael Erbschloe

Telemedicine seeks to improve a patient's health by permitting two-way, real time interactive communication between the patient, and the physician or practitioner at the distant site. This electronic communication means the use of interactive telecommunications equipment that includes, at a minimum, audio and video equipment. Based on advances in information and communications technologies, medical professionals as well as other "health and care" providers can now offer increasingly robust...