Delivering remote care successfully relies on a resilient technical infrastructure, preferably backed up by e-patient records.
This has "opened the door" to remote care, says Jonathan Linkous of the American Telemedicine Association.Telemedicine is more than a Skype chat between doctor and patient, says Michael Young, who works on remote care for the University of North Carolina.
SUNDAY, 10 p.m. www.discoveryhealth.com Chat with Dr. Butch Rosser of the Yale School of Medicine about remote care for patients, or telemedicine.
The debate around remote care frequently stalls on the matter of expensive or complicated equipment, but often people have all the technology they need sitting in their pockets.
On the bus I read the news on my smartphone, looking out for stories about online or remote care which have increasingly become talking points in the media.
But I would argue that it's time to stop waiting for the future: remote care has an important role to play right now.
It has been argued by government, hospital trailblazers and charitable organisations that remote care will play a key role in the hospital of the future.
If the transmission of information and interactive messaging is done alongside an agreed clinical management plan or lifestyle, then remote care should enhance the quality of a patient's care.
I think in the WSD example, we've shot ourselves in the foot frankly, by going down a very narrow road, trying to get some sort of gold standard evidence for remote care, which we just can't get, and that's actually pulling back its uptake".
There are systems for remote care (telecare) and self-monitoringb.
The remote care device functioned without abnormality under the cold environmental conditions.
