1. Introduction to
Telemedicine
INDUSUNIVERSITY
Electronics & Communication Dept.
6th Semester
Presented by,
Ami Goswami - IU1241090014
Vatsal Shah - IU1241090055
INDUS UNIVERSITY
INDUS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
AHMEDABAD

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Content
• What is Telemedicine ?
• Why Telemedicine ?
• How it works ?
• History
• Types of telemedicine
• Which data can be transferred ?
• Benefits
• Applications
• Limitations to spread
• Telemedicine devices
• Future
• Advanced Technologies
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3. What is Telemedicine?
Telecommunication technology
+
Medicine
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4. What is Telemedicine?
The use of electronic information and
communication technologies to provide and
support health care when distance separates the
participants.
Video
Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications in Health Care,
Institute of Medicine, CA, 19964/8/2015 4

5. Focused on patient care
• Telehealth
• Mobile Health (mHealth)
• Remote Monitoring
• Outsourced Specialty Services
Why Telemedicine?
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6. How it works ?
Example:
Jennifer's Story : How Telemedicine works ?
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7. History of Telemedicine
• Under first telemedicine program in December 1988, Armenia was linked to
medical centers in United States for telemedicine consultations.
1. Telegraphy and telephony was
established
1920s
2. Wireless / Radio 1950s
3. TV 1960s
4. Computer and Internet 1990/2000

8. History of Telemedicine
Boston Logan Airport to Massachusetts General Hospital
1967
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9. Types of Telemedicine
I. Store and forward
II. Interactive services
III. Remote monitoring
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10. Applications of Telemedicine
1. Remote Consultation
2. Remote Monitoring
3. Remote Education
4. Tele-mentoring
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11. 1. Remote Consultation
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13. 2. Remote Monitoring
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14. Access to information
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15. 3. Remote Education and collaboration
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16. 4. Tele-mentoring
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17. Which Data Can be Transferred ?
 Basically four types of data are used in telemedicine.
• Text for patient notes, generally having a file of less than 10 KB.
• Audio – electronic stethoscope, with file size of around 10 KB.
• Image X-rays which are still images having a size of around 1 MB.
• Video movie – patient visualization – movie images have a size of 10 MB or
more the patient can be seen by a doctor at a remote place using cameras.

18. Benefits of Telemedicine
• Avoids unnecessary transportation
• Community based care
• Medical education and research
• Cost saving
• Improved patient documentation
• Increased range of care and education.

19. Limitations to spread of telemedicine
• Poor patient – Doctor Relationships
• Patient Acceptance
• Fear of Technology
• Infrastructure
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20. Future of telemedicine
• Many medical centers in India are now successfully running, telemedicine –
projects and video conference.
• Future of telemedicine in India is definitely bright-with availability of internet
every where, with new IT policies and with improving telecommunication network
use of telemedicine is going to increase.
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21. Available Today
Online Services
Health App’s
Urgent Care
Wearables

22. Wi-Fi Smart Scale Blood Pressure Monitor
Bluetooth Stethoscope
Blood Glucose Meter
Digital Thermometer
Available Soon
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23. Advanced Technologies
Robotics Remote Surgery Live Monitoring via
Cell Phones

24. References
• Imaging systems and Telemedicine by Dr. Adrian Mondry – Bioinfor Institute
• Hand Held Emergency Wireless Telemedicine System by Sridharan.B Bangalore, India
• Telehealth Projects: A Practical Guide by British Columbia
• Wireless Telemedicine overview by

25. THANK YOU
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