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Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients' health status. Closely associated with telemedicine is the term telehealth, which is often used to encompass a broader definition of remote healthcare that does not always involve clinical services. Videoconferencing, transmission of still images, e-health including patient portals, remote monitoring of vital signs, continuing medical education and nursing call centers are all considered part of telemedicine and telehealth.
A popular managed hosting and colocation infrastructure provider, EcomNets, has received HIPAA certification. For healthcare organizations which must meet strict new federal patient security and confidentiality standards, this makes it one of the few hosting companies eligible to provide information technology services.
Preventative care is seen by healthcare professionals as the best way to take care yourself. This approach not only prevents catastrophic health conditions, but saves you and healthcare systems large amounts of money.
One thing's for sure: the use of technology in the medical field represents a lot of terrific possibilities in terms of not only providing better healthcare, but providing it more efficiently, and with savings in the long term.
A new system looks to step up the efficiency and the quality still further, the Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP) system from Medical Modeling.
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