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telemedicine
[tel-uh-med-uh-sin, -med-sin]
noun
the part of the telehealth system that uses internet and telecommunications technology, as video calls, to provide clinical services, as medical consultation, evaluation, and diagnosis, either in real time when the patient and the medical professional are in different locations or facilitated by remote monitoring and record sharing among healthcare providers.
Rural patients may find that the only way for them to see a specialist is via telemedicine.
(loosely) telehealth.
telemedicine
/ ˈtɛlɪˌmɛdɪsɪn, -ˌmɛdsɪn /
noun
the treatment of disease or injury by consultation with a specialist in a distant place, esp by means of a computer or satellite link
Word History and Origins
Origin of telemedicine1
Example Sentences
That’s because, despite living under some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, thousands of Texans are still obtaining the pills via telemedicine each year.
Concurrent with the order, VA Secretary Doug Collins issued a statement promising to improve healthcare through shorter wait times, extended hours and more telemedicine.
A recent national study of patients in the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system found a similar pattern: Fifty-five percent of mental healthcare continued to be provided via telemedicine, a figure that jumped after patients shifted to teletherapy by necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last April, Costco made headlines when it introduced its brand-new weight loss program, which was launched in partnership with the online telemedicine platform Sesame.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in January against a New York-based physician, Maggie Carpenter, co-founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas patient in violation of Texas’ near-total abortion ban.
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