TY - GEN
T1 - Applications and developments of telemedicine in Greece
AU - Tsioumanis, Vasileios
AU - Mangita, Andrianna
AU - Diomidous, Marianna
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The need to transmit medical information with images, data and voice from distance via telecommunications has come to our knowledge from ages. The topic has a new interest because of the progress in technology of telecommunications and information systems. The current article makes an effort to inform the reader in a simple way about what Telemedicine is and where it can be used. In this paper is presented the definition and the purpose of telemedicine, followed by the services provide through telemedicine applications. Finally, is analyzed the use of telemedicine in Greece its advantages, benefits and disadvantages, concluding with a final evaluation of it.
AB - The need to transmit medical information with images, data and voice from distance via telecommunications has come to our knowledge from ages. The topic has a new interest because of the progress in technology of telecommunications and information systems. The current article makes an effort to inform the reader in a simple way about what Telemedicine is and where it can be used. In this paper is presented the definition and the purpose of telemedicine, followed by the services provide through telemedicine applications. Finally, is analyzed the use of telemedicine in Greece its advantages, benefits and disadvantages, concluding with a final evaluation of it.
KW - Application
KW - Distance
KW - Evaluation.
KW - Health Services
KW - Telemedicine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84978704318&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-664-4-253
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-664-4-253
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84978704318
VL - 226
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 253
EP - 255
BT - Unifying the Applications and Foundations of Biomedical and Health Informatics
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 14th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2016
Y2 - 1 July 2016 through 3 July 2016
ER -