Updated: 08/01/2021

About Telemedicine

Telemedicine involves the use of electronic communications to enable health care providers at different locations to share individual patient medical information for the purpose of improving patient care. Providers may include primary care practitioners, specialists, and/or subspecialists. The information may be used for diagnosis, therapy, follow-up, and/or education and may include any of the following:

• Patient medical records
• Medical images
• Live two-way audio and video
• Text messages or written communication
• Output data from medical devices and sound and video files

Electronic systems used will incorporate network and software security protocols to protect the confidentiality of patient identification and imaging data and will include measures to safeguard the data and to ensure its integrity against intentional or unintentional corruption.

Electronic systems used will incorporate network and software security protocols to protect the confidentiality of patient identification and imaging data and will include measures to safeguard the data and to ensure its integrity against intentional or unintentional corruption.

Expected Benefits

Improved access to medical care by enabling a patient to remain in his/her home or office while the physician provides services, obtains test results, and consults from healthcare practitioners at distant/other sites.

• More efficient medical evaluation and management.
• Obtaining the expertise of a distant specialist.

Possible Risks