Telemedical

Whereas, telemedicine is a term which has stood literally since the 1970s for “healing at a distance” and signifies the use of technology (i.e. phones) to improve patients’ health outcomes by increasing access to care and information, a telemedical was only introduced in 2020 in the course of COVID-19. (1).

Thinking of pharmaceuticals which help patients to deal with a variety of symptoms, Dr. Marquard, a German general practitioner, defined a telemedical as a digital tool, which, as a pharmaceutical, cannot be prescribed but it helps patients to connect with their health professionals, to learn about disease management, to access data (images, reports etc.) and to avoid unnecessary hospital treatment through remote monitoring devices. The term telemedical is applicable to a diverse variety of tools, including videoconferencing, remote patient monitoring and others.

References

(1)Strehle EM, Shabde N. One hundred years of telemedicine: does this new technology have a place in paediatrics? Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2006, 91(12):956–959.

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