Telemedicine, defined as practice of medicine at a distance, has been performed ever since humans learned to communicate: a messenger carrying over a medical advice from a distant expert to the bed of a patient has been always practicing telemedicine. By definition, therefore, telemedicine does not imply any technological breakthrough. It is however in the present days, with the breathtaking advancement in medicine, information technology, telecommunications, and biomedical sciences, that the term telemedicine emerged as one designating a new health care service, firmly related to the cutting edge of scientific and technological progression in these fields.
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Kontaxakis, G., Sakas, G., Walter, S. (2006). Mobile Tele-Echography Systems — Teleinvivo: A Case Study. In: Istepanian, R.S.H., Laxminarayan, S., Pattichis, C.S. (eds) M-Health. Topics in Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26559-7_34
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