Which of the following is included in the purposes of Telemedicine?

a. e-mailing test results to patients.
b. Support health care at a geographically different location from the patient to in-crease access to specialty care.
c. Allow access to patient's family members remotely.
d. Acquire patient assessment information in order to skip a patient home care visit.


ANS: B
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and computer technology to promote access to di-agnosis, monitoring, clinical decision support, and treatment for patients at medically under-served sites that are distant from health care providers.

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