Telemedicine

Introduction of Telemedicine:
Telemedicine is a platform bringing the Specialists, Physicians, Para-Medical staff and Patients together with a seamless exchange of Medical Data
and Specialty Advise needed amongst the group for an instant and better Health Care. The telemedicine system is using the computers connecting to
medical devices and transferring data through any communication media to the specialty doctors to get expert opinion. The access is a Highly Secure
and Reliable system protecting the interest of Patients. The communication link with a reasonable bandwidth connects people physically existing at
different geographical locations on telemedicine platform. The people/patients usually are present at District Hospitals, Taluka Level Hospitals, Public
Health Centers (PHCs) & Private Clinics can utilize the telemedicine system from these locations to get the emergency care and expert opinion.

A typical Telemedicine Network consists of a Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) connected with a group of medium and small hospitals/ clinics for
specialty advice. This kind of solution consists of a Telemedicine System at a SSH and the remote/rural hospitals transfer the medical data of the
patients to the SSH. This transferred data contains demographic and history of patient along with medical data being ECG, X-rays, CT Scans, and
Microscopic Slides provided to the Specialist through the system. This data is accessed and evaluated by Specialists in providing the advice to
Physicians or Patient in the case. All this is possible from any geographical location over any kind of communication media eliminating time and
distance barriers, resulting in an instant and accessible Critical Care.

Functioning of Telemedicine for Government:
" Rural hospital or PHC will be connected to the district civil hospital for expert opinion. If the center wants further expert opinion they can connect
to civil hospital directly for the expert opinion.
" District level Hospital will give his expert opinion to PHC or Rural hospital and also can take expert opinion from civil hospital.
" Civil Hospital will be having different departments equipped with telemedicine facility, all departments will receive calls for telemedicine consultation
according to there specialty. Civil hospital will be connected to PHC or rural hospital and also to district level hospital to give expert opinion.

Benefits of Telemedicine Technology:
" Building bridges between clinicians and patients to overcome the barriers of distance & time.
" Developing virtual communities that interacts and shares knowledge.
" Improving access to health care in remote or isolated areas.
" Enhancing continuity of care.
" Better utilization of existing Infrastructure.

Benefits to Super-specialty Hospitals:
" Specialty hospital can reach upto larger segment of patient situated in remote & rural areas with same infrastructure.
" Running Tele-OPD & Tele-consultation can generate regular revenue.
" Hospital can get more cases of investigations, procedure or surgery after tele consulting to patients.
" Hospital can expand his network with associates and access patients globally.
" Hospital can gain marginal publicity & results more patient flow.
" Doctors can participate into the medical education programs, seminars etc. with other reputed hospitals and medical colleges to share about recent
developments & achievements in the medical fields.