Hamed Asadi - Faculty of Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Hamed Akhlaghi - Faculty of Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences

We describe developments in the delivery of remote healthcare. We start with alternative definitions of telemedicine, telecare, and telehealth and trace the origins and development of them. Then look at the technological, clinical and business drivers and identifying the main types of telemedicine and considers how they influence patients and careers. We record the benefits of remote healthcare and focuses on the inherent limitations and external barriers. We explain the types of data needed to transfer across the telemedicine link. Finally, we overview the main telecommunication standards that ensure the interoperability of equipment and the valid transmission and receipt of data.

Telemedicine, Telecare, E-health, IT, ICT