Telemedicine is an emerging field that utilizes electronic information generated with the help of technology in order to give and support healthcare wherever patients' access to healthcare is limited.
Though at the start it was considered "very futuristic" and "experimental," Telemedicine at present has become a reality and is here to stay. Telemedicine has a lot of different uses ranging from inpatient/ outpatient care, education, health promotion, consulting, research, administration, and public health-related activities. It acts as an effective way of healing towards people, especially those in rural and remote areas who struggle to avail timely access to excellent quality essential and advanced medical care. People living in these areas often have substandard access to specialty healthcare, majorly because most specialist health professionals more often practice in the urban rather than rural areas. Though the technology of Telemedicine was initially used to reach out to people who have limited access, like the people in the rural areas.
Telemedicine has rapidly expanded into urban areas too, especially to those urban areas that suffered from healthcare shortages. Thus, we at California Medicals provide Telemedicine to bridge the distance and provide healthcare to those who are deprived of it. Our healthcare professionals are here to look after your well-being.
With all the interest in Telemedicine over the last few years, it may appear that Telemedicine is a relatively new technology; however, it has been around for a while now for the past 30 years. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had played a crucial role in the initial development of Telemedicine in the 1960s when humans started their space missions.
The first example of an electronic medical record transfer was recorded in 1948 in Pennsylvania, the United States of America. They had sent radiology pictures (X-rays) across twenty-four miles between two townships through a simple landline (telephone line). After some years, a few Canadian radiology experts got inspired by this early application of Telemedicine and subsequently created a teleradiology system which was then used popularly in and around the state of Montreal.
Later in the year 1959, clinicians and researchers from the University of Nebraska built a system that could transmit neurological examinations and diagnosis throughout and across the campus to all the medical students who were utilizing a two-way interactive television set.
This category of Telemedicine enables all health professionals to smoothly communicate with their colleagues as well as patients in real-time. These Interactions mainly include telephonic conversations or the use of video calling software that complies with HIPAA regulations. These sessions can be easily conducted while the patient is seated at his/her home or a specific medical kiosk.
This category of Telemedicine enables all the patients to be easily monitored in real-time while the patients are at their respective homes. This is usually performed using smartphones that collect all the data regarding temperature, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, or other vital signs.
This category enables the healthcare professionals to share patient data and relevant information, like diagnosis, laboratory results, past medical history, etc., with some other healthcare provider.
Your health is our foremost priority, and we put all our potential to enable you with well-being. Our Telemedicine services will represent you with the following benefits:-
Telemedicine is highly convenient to the patients as they can get high-quality healthcare sitting at their homes, thus saving them time and long waiting hours for an appointment. Also, the travel expenses are saved too.
Telemedicine at California Medicals is a boon for people who do not have access to quality healthcare, especially patients in rural areas who have limited access to specialty services, such a mental health treatment or post-surgery follow up, that they otherwise might not get without traveling a large distance for an in-person visit. Similarly, it is useful to patients living in urban areas. Not all urban areas will have all the specialty doctors; so, we can help bridge this distance.
As our Telemedicine services are more convenient for the patients, it definitely reduces the number of cancellations or no-shows. Also, our healthcare providers can reach out prior to or at the appointment time to remind the patient of his upcoming appointment, or else it is also easier to reschedule appointments virtually.
We allow providers to encourage many patients at one go to adopt healthy lifestyle choices, like smoking cessation, eating healthy meals, a low-calorie diet, avoiding junk food, etc.
California Medicals is the platform to look after your health with our best therapies. Our support and services will give you a carefree mind and brighter days, as our sole aim is to make an environment with better health and great happiness.