Telemedicine

=Telemedicine=


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Scenario
You are an Australian health care worker that needs to reduce the costs associated with the Flying doctor services in your country. As you are aware, Australia is a vast country and access to medical care can be sometimes 100's of km away. If a patient is lucky enough to live close to a GP (General Practitioner) then it is not always easy to refer them to another specialist who may live a 5 hour flight away.

Tasks
You need to produce a word processed document that includes the following points about Telemedicine:
 * 1) Explain in detail (to a layperson) exactly what Telemedicine is.
 * 2) Describe how Telemedicine can alter the way people that live in isolated areas are treated.
 * 3) In other countries that have introduced Telemedicine people have voiced concerns about reliability, integrity and security. Firstly explain what these issues are how they may occur and provide detail on how you intend to prevent these from happening.
 * 4) Provide details on case studies where other countries have introduced Telemedicine and how this has affected their service.