Diagnostic+and+Therapeutic+Tools+Telemedicine

**__Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools__**
-**Telemedicine** systems allow medical consultations to take place when the doctor and patient aren't in the same room.

A common example is a doctor-patient consultation conducted using video conferencing equipment with the doctor examining the patient through video feed.


 * - Store-and-Forward Technologies systems ** are used such as e-mail when real-time communications are not essential. Such as when test results. Data is collected at the patient end of the link so the doctor or patient, digitised (converting pictures or sound into a digital form that can be processed by a computer), and then sent to a remote doctor.


 * - **** Real Time Technologies ** like video conferencing are used when face-to-face communication is needed

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__** Benefits **__
** Telemedicine ** is particularly useful for patients in remote areas where transportation to a hospital may be difficult. In addition this involves remote settlements and where access to a doctor is impossible, such as on ship in the middle of the ocean or soldiers in battle. Telemedicine allows patients to access expertise that their local doctor may not have, such as treatments of rare conditions. A major advantage is patients can receive medical advice or news from the comfort of their home which, can make room for more beds. Also if someone has been to multiple hospitals data matching can be used to look at past records of a patient.

__Disadvantages__
Security is an issue, especially when sending sensitive data or data is being withheld. How reliable the system will be when being used, so is there an uninterrupted communication media type="youtube" key="y02nSCYl2ZE" height="315" width="560"