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

Ronald S Weinstein; Elizabeth A Krupinski; Charles R Doarn

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2018.01.002

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

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

Authors

Ronald S Weinstein¹, Elizabeth A Krupinski², Charles R Doarn³

Affiliations

¹ Arizona Telemedicine Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Electronic address: rweinstein@telemedicine.arizona.edu.
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.

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

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Physical Examination* / methods
Physical Examination* / standards
Telemedicine* / methods
Telemedicine* / standards