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Med Clin North Am. 2018 May;102(3):533-544. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2018.01.002.

Clinical Examination Component of Telemedicine, Telehealth, mHealth, and Connected Health Medical Practices.

The Medical clinics of North America

Ronald S Weinstein, Elizabeth A Krupinski, Charles R Doarn

Affiliations

  1. Arizona Telemedicine Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, 1364 Clifton Road Northeast D107, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
  3. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0582, USA.

PMID: 29650074 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2018.01.002

Abstract

Telemedicine and telehealth are the practices of medicine at a distance. Performing the equivalent of a complete clinical examination by telemedicine would be unusual. However, components of a more traditional clinical examination are part of the telemedicine workup for specific conditions. Telemedicine clinical examinations are facilitated, and enhanced, through the integration of a class of medical devices referred to as telemedicine peripherals (eg, electronic stethoscopes, tele-ophthalmoscopes, video-otoscopes, and so forth). Direct-to-consumer telehealth is a rapidly expanding segment of the health care service industry.

Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Connected health; Direct-to-consumer telehealth care; Telehealth; Telemedicine; eHealth; mHealth

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