Abstract :
Telemedicine enables exchange of medical information from one location to another using electronic
communication, which is proposed to improve patient health status. In US. Published record of telemedicine
was in the first half if the 20th century where ECG was transmitted over telephone. National Telemedicine
Taskforce by the Health Ministry of India, in 2005, paved way for the success of various projects like the
ICMR-arogyasree. 1 Telemedicine helps family physicians by giving them easy access to specialty doctors
and helping them in close monitoring of patients. Indian Medical Association is training doctors adequately
to use telemedicine to provide apt benefit to patients and protect themselves and their patients during Covid
era.
Keyword :
Telemedicine, Faster access, Patient safety, Softwares, Epidemiological surveillance, Covid era.