This chapter looks at different approaches of making existing medical applications telehealth
ready. The benefits of telehealth lie in using information and communication technologies to …

Rapidly emerging information and communication technologies (ICT) have spurred the
recent escalation of various telehealth applications. There is an enormous interest in finding …

Objectives Healthcare is now routinely delivered by telecommunications-based services in
all developed countries and an increasing number of developing countries. Telemedicine is …

After reading this chapter you should know the answers to these questions: What are the key
informatics requirements for successful implementation of telehealth systems? What are …

Telehealth has long been seen as a means of increasing access and quality of care while
decreasing costs and logistical burden for remote health care delivery. Underlying …

As the health care industry is facing many challenges and is undergoing extensive change,
telemedicine is in the position to address these challenges and be an important part of …

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of telehealth. Telehealth is known by
several names, such as virtual care, telemedicine, or connected care [1]. Use of the term …

Telemedicine is a fast-growing field, currently at the forefront of research in healthcare
informatics. In this paper, we examine the challenges faced by the advent of telemedicine …

THIS CHAPTER FOCUSES on the status of the technology and presents an agenda for
future development. Whereas information technology has taken giant strides in developing …

This chapter discusses the different concepts of telecare, telehealth and telemedicine. The
chapter begins with the basic concepts of telehealth; its goals, issues, needs and trends. It …