Natale Daniele Brunetti, Simonetta Scalvini, Flavio Acquistapace, Gianfranco Parati, Maurizio Volterrani, Francesco Fedele, Giuseppe Molinari
Telemedicine is the provision of health care services, through the use of information and communication technology, in situations where the health care professional and the patient, or 2 health care professionals, are not in the same location. It involves the secure transmission of medical data and information, through text, sound, images, or other forms needed for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of a patient. First data on implementation of telemedicine for the diagnosis and treatment of acute myocardial infarction date from more than 10 years ago...
April 1, 2015: International Journal of Cardiology