Video Conferencing Systems, Telemedicine

Telemedicine video conferencing systems are used to diagnose and prescribe medical treatment for patients located in distant places, remote clinical consultation of specialists, training of medical personnel and administrative/commercial affairs. Telemedicine, or medicine at a distance, can be as simple as a telephone conversation between staff or a fax from a cardiologist to a primary care physician, or as complex as a simultaneous video examination by doctors hundreds of miles apart. . Today, the most common use of this technology is education and management. Of course, the use of telemedicine technology is increasing. Nowadays, from cases in which images (such as radiographic images, pathology slides) and other information related to the patient are taken on one side and sent to the memory system on the other side to be reviewed later, in teleradiography, telepathology and Teledermatology is used.

Telemedicine systems have also been used in surgery, ophthalmology, dentistry, cardiology, psychiatry and emergency medicine consultations. Patient examinations are directed using devices such as stethoscopes, ophthalmoscopes, and examining cameras connected to the telemedicine system, and at the same time, it allows the doctor who is located at a far point to access the information related to the patient's examinations and communicate with the doctor. The examiner, physician's assistant or nurse should consult.

The use of telemedicine videoconference technology can reduce the travel costs of specialists and patient transportation and the time required to diagnose the disease and make decisions about treatment. The usefulness of telemedicine technology, especially in integrating the clinical resources of health-hospital systems, overcoming geographical barriers and the lack of medical personnel when treating patients in accidents and war situations, and providing health care services to patients located in isolated areas (such as rural areas) and prisons) has been proven. It is expected that the wider adoption and use of telemedicine technology will increase the quality of care and reduce the cost of international specialized care.