1. Jimmy Roebker Video: Telemedicine - The Future of Healthcare

2. Real Time (Interactive)
What is telemedicine?
The use of information technology to provide clinical healthcare at a distance.
Asynchronous
Both
Synchronous
Store-and-Forward
Home Health
Real Time (Interactive)

3. How Telemedicine is Made Possible
Internet
Video Conferencing and Monitors
Robotic Surgery
As information technology advances, so does telemedicine
Computer Diagnoses

5. Benefits Medical expertise accessed anywhere
Better response to emergencies
Reduced healthcare costs
Improved access of quality care
Benefits

6. Potential
Obstacles
Breakdown of the health professional – patient relationship
Breakdown of information exchange and relationship between professionals
Information reliability issues

7. Do you think telemedicine should be implemented and explored in real life hospitals and situations?

8. Telemedicine in the Future: What does it look like?
Could this be the beginning of the widespread adoption of information technology in healthcare?

9. Challenges for the Future Access and awareness Privacy and accuracy Quality and innovation

10. Awareness
Access

11. Privacy and Accuracy

12. Quality and Innovation

13. Telemedicine Summary Telemedicine is more than technology
It is not a replacement of traditional healthcare
Can improve community health and improve access to care

14. Interesting and Relevant Links
11 Telemedicine Recent Technological Advances Future Trends of Telemedicine Ways Telemedicine is Transforming Healthcare Information Technology Telemedicine is Poised to Revolutionize Healthcare