Telemedicine or telehealth is the use of telecommunication and information technology to provide health care from a distance.
The first examples of telemedicine date to the early 1900s in Australia where it was utilized by the Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia to help care for those living in the Australian Outback. In the United States, most credit Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston collaborating with Logan International Airport to provide emergency health care to passengers as the first example of a successful American telemedicine project. As its ultimate test, the (Read more...)
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