Running Head: Telemedicine Telemedicine Ismael Garza South Texas College What is telemedicine? Telemedicine is any medical act performed without direct physical contact between the practitioner and patient‚ or between professionals together‚ through a telematic system. In other words‚ telemedicine uses information technology and telecommunications to provide medical assistance or support‚ regardless of the distance that separates those who offer the service
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Telemedicine By using telecommunications and information technology healthcare professionals are able to provide healthcare services to patients from any location. Telemedicine dates back to Ancient Romans‚ Greeks‚ and American Indian tribes where signals were used to communicate information to communities from far distances. Telemedicine is an affordable and accessible practice that targets people‚ specifically in developing countries‚ who do not have immediate access to health care facilities.
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In a world full of technology users‚ telemedicine is beginning to make a large impact on those who live in rural areas as well as urban areas. More than 15 million Americans received some kind of medical care via telemedicine. (Beck‚ 2016). Telemedicine is best defined as diagnosis and treatment of a patient via web‚ telephone‚ email‚ and webcam used by physicians (Chiron Health). Many physicians and health providers are navigating towards electronic communications in order to help patients make
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Mobile Computing Mobile Computing Mobile Computing is the ability to connect to the internet through a variety of wireless computing devices on the go. Mobile computing provides wireless transmission to access data and information from whatever location. Mobile computing consists of three different aspects: mobile hardware‚ mobile communication technologies‚ and mobile software. Mobile computing devices include the following: laptop pc’s‚ tablet pc’s‚ PDA’s‚ carputers‚ smartphones‚ and other
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Can sci fi change the future? How much does science fiction shape the future of the human race? Can exploring through sci fi the possible Utopian or dystopian futures influence how society rises to the challenge of coping with our increasing rate of technological development? Can you think of things that were predicted by sci fi‚ and then became reality? How much did this have to do with the technology development? What I often find fascinates me about the science fiction genre is that there
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Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communication to improve a patient’s health Status (American Telemedicine Association‚ 2012). Patients use two-way video‚ email‚ smart phones‚ wireless tools and other forms of telecommunications technology (American Telemedicine Association‚ 2012). James Paul Marcin‚ MD‚ MPH who takes care of critical care pediatric cites a recent case that illustrates the reach of telemedicine: A child who was truly
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ACADEMIC WRITING: TELEHEALTH AND TELEMEDICINE In the early 1990s the term telemedicine became well-known in health care. Then‚ in the 21st century the term telemedicine change to telehealth because telemedicine is more than delivering medical care and wider services. Telemedicine was started over forty years ago which the hospitals extend care of patients in remote areas. This service rapidly spread and become integrated into the ongoing operations of hospitals‚ speciality departments‚ home health
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Mobile Computing By Keith O’Donohue CONTENTS * Introduction * Devices * Limitations * IN VEHICLE COMPUTING AND FLEET COMPUTING * SECURITY ISSUES AND MOBILE COMPUTING * Portable computing devices * Mobile data communication INTRODUCTION Mobile computing is human–computer interaction by which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage. Mobile computing involves mobile communication‚ mobile hardware‚ and mobile software. Communication issues
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Li-Fi(Light Fidelity) The Future Technology in Wireless Communication Abstract: Whether you’re using wireless internet in a coffee shop‚ stealing it from the guy next door‚ or competing for bandwidth at a conference‚ you have probably gotten frustrated at the slow speeds you face when more than one device is tapped into the network. As more and more people and their many devices access wireless internet‚ clogged airwaves are going to make it. One germen phycist.Harald Haas has come up with
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Green Data Center with Virtualization and Cloud Computing Technique ________________________________________________________________________ Nowadays‚ reducing the power consumed by large-scale data centers is most concerned issue in several large enterprises. Most of them have a number of servers situated in all branches providing online services. This consumes large amount of power for maintaining and cooling. Virtualization is a promising approach to consolidating multiple online services
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