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Telemedicine allows health care professionals to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients at a distance using telecommunications technology. The approach has been through a striking evolution in the last decade and it is becoming an increasingly important part of the American healthcare infrastructure. In the early days, telemedicine was used mostly to connect doctors working with a patient in one location to specialists somewhere else. This was of great benefit to rural or hard to reach populations where specialists aren’t readily available. Throughout the next several decades, the equipment necessary to conduct remote visits remained expensive and complex, so the use of the approach, while growing, was limited.

The rise of the internet age brought with it profound changes for the practice of telemedicine. The proliferation of smart devices, capable of high-quality video transmission, opened up the possibility of delivering remote healthcare to patients in their homes, workplaces or assisted living facilities as an alternative to in-person visits for both primary and specialty care.

Achieving Telehealths Promise for Rural Health: Insights from Telehealth Leaders

Since its introduction into the medical field, telehealth has been a tool that offers remote healthcare services, such as provider consultations and patient monitoring, to underserved parts of the country. Many rural clinics and hospitals have successfully adopted telehealth models, using them to connect patients and medical providers to additional healthcare services within seconds.

Long-Distance Diagnosis (Excerpted from Georgia Trend 7/17 Issue)

In a doctor’s office south of Macon, a pediatrician tells an anxious mother that her son needs to see a specialist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Learning that the visit can take place right in the pediatrician’s office, eliminating the need for a two-hour trip to Atlanta, makes the news a little easier to bear.

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