Telemedicine is a modern method of providing remote medical care and exchanging specialized information using modern video communication systems.
Required equipment for telemedicine
Specialized equipment and networking tools for connecting to telecommunication networks (including specialized medical networks)
equipment for videoconferencing (including specialized videoconferencing equipment for emergency medical services staff)
digital medical equipment (mobile telemedicine racks, etc.) that allows the use of available communication channels (Internet, satellite communication, etc.);
specialized servers and other types of information repositories for medical databases;
ability to provide uninterrupted and stable video and audio communications, high image quality and detail
Compatibility with other types of medical equipment (compliance with the standards applicable to medical equipment)
Telemedical equipment must comply with the existing sanitary normative requirements for medical equipment
mobility and compactness (which is important not only in case of mobile telemedicine sets and emergency telemedicine sets, but also for stationary equipment, because the size of the rooms in which they are installed is usually not very large).
Main applications
Emergency telemedicine
Mobile telemedicine complexes in emergency vehicles (cars, medical helicopters)
Wearable telemedicine equipment for EMTs and emergency medical technicians
Telemedical centers
Telemedical consulting centers allowing remote assistance from remote specialists on site
Video consultations and training
Organization of remote meetings, tele-symposiums and video-consultations with Russian and foreign telemedical centers, online broadcasting of unique operations and diagnostic procedures
Walk-in telemedicine clinics
Telemedicine points of help and diagnostics in places of mass presence of people (airports, railway stations, trade centers, etc.)
Home telemedicine
Remote control of a patient's condition in his/her home environment. This can be implemented in different forms, from a simple bracelet on the patient's arm, remotely transmitting data to the monitoring specialist, to the installation of a complete telemedicine set at home.