Clinical Examination Component of Telemedicine, Telehealth, mHealth, and Connected Health Medical Practices

Ronald S Weinstein, Elizabeth A Krupinski, Charles R. Doarn

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)533-544
Number of pages12
JournalMedical Clinics of North America
Volume102
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2018

Keywords

  • Connected health
  • Direct-to-consumer telehealth care
  • Telehealth
  • Telemedicine
  • eHealth
  • mHealth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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