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telemedicine, n. Med.
Brit. |ˈtɛlɪˌmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n|, U.S. |ˈtɛləˌmɛd(ə)s(ə)n|
[‹ tele- comb. form + medicine n.1 Compare French télé-médecine (1974).]
The remote medical diagnosis and treatment of patients by means or with the aid of telecommunications technology, e.g. by use of the telephone or videoconferencing for consultation, remote-controlled robotic assistance in specialist surgery, etc.; this field of medicine.
[1967Jrnl. Med. Assoc. Alabama 36 832/2 The Community Tele-Med System represents a cooperative effort at medical information exchange.] 1970Times 25 July 12 The director of telemedicine at the Massachusetts hospital..says that 60 per cent of the patients have found the automated consultations acceptable. 1973New Scientist 20 Sept. 694 Decades hence, medical historians might write that telemedicine was only an easier way to deliver poorer quality health care. 1987Aviation Week (Nexis) 2 Nov. 70 One concept called tele-medicine would work to establish a satellite-based biomedical network for the extension of medical services to remote regions of the Pacific. 1995Byte May 26/4 Prototype telemedicine systems feature two stations: one at which the surgeon sits and a remote station that manipulates instruments to actually perform the surgery. 2000Jrnl. Telemedicine & Telecare 6 73/1 Psychiatry is an ideal telemedicine application because the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness are accomplished primarily through audiovisual communication. |