Healthcare has been digitized and improved to various extents. With the help of virtual care method, the practitioners can give continuous care to patients. Telehealth includes various methodologies such as Live video conferencing, Remote patient monitoring, etc.

2. Table of contents
• Introduction
• Types
• Importance
• Uses
• Requirements
• Steps to consider in choosing telemedicine
vendor
• Steps to be taken for implementing
telemedicine in your practice
• How it helps
• Conclusion
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3. INTRODUCTION
Telemedicine refers to the use of information technology by the
healthcare provider to diagnose, evaluate and consult patients
who are not physically present at the doctor’s clinic.
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4. Types
• Store and forward method: In this method the practitioner
uses the recorded video or photo which was sent by the patient.
This is used in the fields of dermatology, radiology, etc.
• Real-time interactive: This method refers to providing
immediate advice to the required patients using video and
phone calls. It is used in mental therapy, follow-up consultation.
• Remote monitoring: This refers to the use of various
technological devices to monitor the patients health remotely. It
is used in the treatment of chronic diseases like diabetes, etc
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5. Importance
Telemedicine was considered important for the patients
who are living in remote areas. But the onset of the
pandemic has triggered the widespread support for the
use of telemedicine in the healthcare industry. Now it has
become a convenient tool for both the patients and the
doctors to use in the comfort of their homes.
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6. Uses of telemedicine
• Diagnoses of common health problems such as head
ache, common cold, fever, etc.
• Offer certain types of therapies such as physical
therapy, speech therapy, etc.
• Assessment of minor infections.
• In case of post- surgical follow-up and post- hospital
discharge cases.
• Cases like bed-ridden patients, old- aged person and
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7. Requirements of telemedicine
For a successful telemedicine service, the broadband
connection should provide the speed for a good quality
video. Apart from this, there are other requirements for its
efficiency. They are as follows:
• Cloud based Telemedicine platform
• Security & Compliances
• Board certified doctors
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8. Steps to consider in choosing the vendor
There are number of steps involved in choosing the right
vendor, but the below steps are considered as most
important:
• Analyzing the business requirements
• Take the list of vendors that suits your needs
• Schedule for the product demo
• Evaluate the product and choose the best which suits
you.
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9. Steps to be taken to implement telemedicine in your
practice
• Comply with local laws to establish the Telemedicine.
• Choose the right software vendor that complies with
HIPAA Audio and Video.
• Invest in marketing the telemedicine platform. Let your
patients know about your virtual practice.
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10. How it helps
• It helps to have flexible working hours for the doctors, so it
helps to maintain a work-life balance.
• Enables to expand the patient base.
• Extended care for the patients.
• Minimizes the cancellation of appointments and no
shows.
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11. Contd..
• Minimizes exposure to the harmful virus.
• Helps in better patient outcomes, thereby it increases the
satisfaction of the patients and also the doctor referral
rate.
• Helps in increased revenue.
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12. Conclusion
Telemedicine has more benefits associated with it. It also
has some challenges when adopting this technology. If we
carefully plan for merging telemedicine into our practice and
by fulfilling the necessary legal and regulatory
requirements, we can surely reap all the benefits that this
technology can offer.
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