Sanjeev Mehta

Telemedicine: an Introduction Sanjeev Mehta

In the 20th century, electricity, the telephone, the automobile and the airplane all made the world more accessible to more people, transforming our economy and society in the process. Now we are living in 21st Century. This century has been said to be the century of Information & Communication Technology (ICT). ICT has profound effect on the way we work, live and learn. The world is already witnessing rapid and amazing developments in these fields. Similarly, health care sector is also getting benefits of those developments and one example is Telemedicine or ehealth. Information about developments in healthcare needed to reach all. We have noticed that such information is not easily reachable to paramedic in our country due to various reasons. It is welcome step that some organizations are taking responsibility to train nursing and technician students in Telemedicine. This book is written keeping objective of teaching basics of Telemedicine. We have given required illustration and table to make it well explained. We are sure; the book will fulfill its requirement. We hope you enjoy reading it!