ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 Question 70

Caring for patients through electronic communication when physician and patient are in different places — telemedicine is medicine at a distance.

The prefix tele- means "far". Telemedicine uses video calls, messaging, remote monitoring devices and the transfer of images or test results so that a physician can diagnose, advise or follow up a patient who is somewhere else, such as at home or in a remote clinic.

Answer (b)

Why not others:

• •(a) — using computers while physician and patients are together in a hospital is computer-assisted care, not remote care
• •(c) — communication technology used while both are in the patient's house is a home visit; the distance that defines telemedicine is missing
• •(d) — in-person care at a clinic without computers is conventional face-to-face medicine

Key rule: Tele- terms (telework, teleconference, telemedicine) require two things: the parties are apart, and communication technology bridges the distance.

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