telemedicine
the part of the telehealth system that uses internet and telecommunications technology, as video calls, to provide clinical services, as medical consultation, evaluation, and diagnosis, either in real time when the patient and the medical professional are in different locations or facilitated by remote monitoring and record sharing among healthcare providers: Rural patients may find that the only way for them to see a specialist is via telemedicine.
(loosely) telehealth (def. 1).
Origin of telemedicine
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How to use telemedicine in a sentence
We hear from both Karen Antman, dean of Boston University’s School of Medicine, and Adil Haider, dean of medicine at Aga Khan University in Pakistan, that telemedicine is here to stay.
I Spoke To 99 BIG Thinkers About What Our ‘World After Coronavirus’ Might Look Like – This Is What I learned | LGBTQ-Editor | January 12, 2021 | No Straight NewsBased on these and other insights, Blue Shield of California provided various services to its members, including free meal delivery, medication delivery, telemedicine, and in-home clinical visits.
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is dangerously flawed. Science and data could fix it | matthewheimer | December 18, 2020 | FortuneThere’s a lot that’s still to be learned about the opportunities and limitations of telemedicine and its applications to recovery and behavioral health.
How to make mental health care more accessible to women | kristenlbellstrom | December 15, 2020 | FortuneAt the same time, the pandemic has also accelerated demand for telemedicine and for startups that enable it.
Workit Health, a digital rehab startup, raises $12 million | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | December 15, 2020 | FortuneMedicare is covering telemedicine for the first time on an emergency basis.
What happens next: 10 non-COVID health care predictions for 2021 | Sy Mukherjee | December 10, 2020 | Fortune
Arizona bans telemedicine and requires in-person counseling.
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British Dictionary definitions for telemedicine
/ (ˈtɛlɪˌmɛdɪsɪn, -ˌmɛdsɪn) /
the treatment of disease or injury by consultation with a specialist in a distant place, esp by means of a computer or satellite link
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