TeleHealth Presence in Everyday Life

How to improve healthcare services with Communication Technology

Amongst the one-and-a-half billion people around the world surfing the Internet regularly, millions have gone online seeking medical information. The widespread access to broadband Internet, together with the evolution and increased adoption of visual communication technology, are taking this trend one step forward: according to recent researches, 78% of healthcare consumers are willing to interact with physicians online, over 85% of physicians would rely on web services to simplify their operations and 90% of them see the Internet as a source of competitive advantage.

A hypothetical view could be illustrated as,

With such premises, the delivery of health-related preventive, primitive and curative services over convergent networks, also known as Telehealth, appears to be a great response to the supply-demand mismatch in the health market, while representing a challenging opportunity for service providers in the visual communication space.

Among the others this concept may take a revolutionary concept on the growing healthcare demand…