As the leading research shows, More than 75 per cent of Australians use the internet to self-diagnose, with Gen Y and women the busiest web medicos. Research reveals increasing numbers of young people are using the internet to find out what is wrong because they are embarrassed to share intimate details with a doctor.
Telemedicine generally refers to the use of communications and information technologies for the delivery of clinical care. Care at a distance (also called in absentia care), is an old practice which was often conducted via post. Telemedicine is a rapidly developing-developed application framework of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred – shared through interactive audiovisual media for the purpose of consulting, and sometimes remote medical procedures or examinations.
Telemedicine may be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone, or as complex as using satellite technology and videoconferencing equipment to conduct a real-time consultation between medical specialists in two different countries. Today’s Information and communication giant’s are offering many more feature driven off-the-shelf products and services to deliver and ease of these platform. There has been a long and successful history of in absentia health care which, thanks to modern communication technology, has evolved into what we know as modern telemedicine. In its early manifestations, African villagers used smoke signals to warn people to stay away.
The survey also revealed 70 per cent of Australians were happy with their health.
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