Abstract
Telemedicine and telehealth are the practices of medicine at a distance. Performing the equivalent of a complete clinical examination by telemedicine would be unusual. However, components of a more traditional clinical examination are part of the telemedicine workup for specific conditions. Telemedicine clinical examinations are facilitated, and enhanced, through the integration of a class of medical devices referred to as telemedicine peripherals (eg, electronic stethoscopes, tele-ophthalmoscopes, video-otoscopes, and so forth). Direct-to-consumer telehealth is a rapidly expanding segment of the health care service industry.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 533-544 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Medical Clinics of North America |
Volume | 102 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2018 |
Keywords
- Connected health
- Direct-to-consumer telehealth care
- Telehealth
- Telemedicine
- eHealth
- mHealth
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine