CLINICAL TELEMEDICINE

This study examined the concept of Clinical telemedicine or simply telemedicine is the remote delivery of healthcare services, such as health assessments or consultations, over the telecommunications infrastructure. It allows healthcare providers to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients using common technology, such as video conferencing and smartphones, without the need for an in-person visit. It is stressful, inconvenient and time consuming to always visit the hospital each time medical attention is needed, especially in cases of emergency. Hence, there is need for clinical telemedicine to attend to emergency cases, reduce the stress, time and cost of getting medical care generally. In carrying out this research, the researcher adopted observation method and reviewed existing documents (like textbooks, projects, blogs, websites, journals) to obtain relevant information on the subject matter. The findings indicate that the proposed clinical telemedicine system will enable patients to easily contact healthcare providers at reduced time and cost. In the same vein, healthcare providers can easily give medical attention to patients at reduced time and cost.