Brown Nancy A
Telemedicine Research Center, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA.
J Telemed Telecare. 2005;11(3):117-26. doi: 10.1258/1357633053688714.
Although the practice of telemedicine is still not considered part of mainstream health care, there has been a steady growth in information about telemedicine since 1999. The increasing body of literature about telemedicine, the staying power of various telemedicine societies and Websites, and the growing number of well-attended conferences about telemedicine all attest that interest in and the practice of telemedicine worldwide are very much alive and well. Searching for information has also become easier with the advent of better and faster search engines, particularly Google. Nonetheless, many Websites are out of date and the semantic confusion between 'telemedicine' and other terms such as 'telehealth' means that considerable perseverance is required to sift the wheat from the chaff. There is a wide variety of both electronic and print resources that have proven to be reliable sources of information. These include: the Internet (Web), books and reports, journals and trade magazines, telemedicine societies and conferences. While telemedicine cannot yet be considered to be part of mainstream health care, it has become a more familiar part of health terminology worldwide.
尽管远程医疗实践仍未被视为主流医疗保健的一部分，但自1999年以来，有关远程医疗的信息一直在稳步增长。关于远程医疗的文献越来越多，各种远程医疗协会和网站的持久影响力，以及越来越多参会人数众多的远程医疗会议，都证明了全球对远程医疗的兴趣和实践依然十分活跃且发展良好。随着更好、更快的搜索引擎（尤其是谷歌）的出现，搜索信息也变得更加容易。尽管如此，许多网站已经过时，并且“远程医疗”与“远程健康”等其他术语之间的语义混淆意味着需要相当的毅力才能去粗取精。有各种各样的电子和印刷资源已被证明是可靠的信息来源。这些包括：互联网（网络）、书籍和报告、期刊和商业杂志、远程医疗协会和会议。虽然远程医疗尚未被视为主流医疗保健的一部分，但它已成为全球健康术语中更为人所熟知的一部分。
