Prerecorded telemedicine

Abstract

In prerecorded telemedicine (also known as asynchronous or store-and-forward), the person sending the information and the person receiving it do not need to do so simultaneously; thus, viewing the information can be done at some later time. Prerecorded telemedicine is therefore not appropriate for emergency consultations. In prerecorded telemedicine systems, the following steps can be distinguished: (1) the acquisition of diagnostic information at the remote site; (2) its storage, which can be at either site, or at both; (3) its delivery to the expert site through an appropriate connection; and (4) its display at the expert site. The types of information transferred include audio, data and text, still images and moving images (i.e. video). An increasingly common way of doing prerecorded telemedicine is by email sent via the Internet. Although there are some problems associated with the Internet, its wide availability and low cost have encouraged its use. Examples where email has been used successfully include teleradiology, telecardiology, teledermatology and telepathology. In some situations prerecorded telemedicine is the only way to provide remote medical services, or the most cost-effective method. Clearly, there are also situations when prerecorded telemedicine is not an appropriate way to deliver health services, for example whenever the sender of the information is not qualified to sample the information acquired or the specialist receiving the information must manipulate it, during acquisition, in some way.

Knowledge and perception of e-health and telemedicine among health professionals in Lautech teaching hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria

“…In earlier reports, most people were enthusiastic about the introduction of telemedicine as a solution to bridging the gap between the city and remote areas [5][6][7][13][14][15] and this is also supported in this study as most of the respondents supported the use of e-health and telemedicine technology for patients care and would not mind its introduction into Nigeria health system. Definitely, the operation of the services will require that electricity supply, network coverage and other services improve tremendously for its effective implementation 1,21 .…”

“…It also includes electronic record of patients' registration and consultations (including provisional and definitive diagnosis and treatment) and health information system. The term is often used as an umbrella term that includes tele-health, telemedicine, electronic medical records, and other components of health information technology 7 .…”

“…Telemedicine is a rapidly developing application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred via telephone, the internet or other networks for the purpose of consulting, and sometimes remote medical procedures or examinations 7 . It can be viewed as a new technology of offering medical services through communications from a geographically distance locations.…”

Behavioural responses to risk on remote outcomes

“…Indeed for educational purposes, some authors have deemed recordings equivalent to live lectures (Ambikairajah et al 2006(Ambikairajah et al , 2007, whereas others in the medical sector have suggested that recorded information should not be considered equivalent to live consultations (Della Mea 2005, Ng et al 2013, as they lack a necessary immediacy (Della Mea 2005). Nevertheless, such recorded information can serve as a form of preamble with the tracked consumer browsing of the information then serving as a basis upon which further interaction can be based (Ng et al 2013).…”

History and structures of telecommunication in pathology, focusing on open access platforms

“…Of major significance are the establishment of fast telephone lines starting with ISDN, the mass production of digital cameras, and the standardization of the open access network (internet) [4-6,8,10,11,14,19,22-26]. Based upon these three components several telemedicine systems have been constructed at the end of last century [7,8].…”