5 Indicators Influencing Telemedicine Future in the Healthcare Sector

Insights1006 Feb, 2023Health

Telemedicine is the process of providing care to patients over a long distance. Its use can be traced back to 500 BCE when human messengers have been used to transmit medical advice and medicine. Smoke signals and reflectivity were used to communicate medical information such as plague outbreaks and births and deaths. Over the centuries, medical information sharing and telemedicine have advanced thanks to advancements such as the printing press, telegraph, telephone, and Internet.