Weinstein Ronald S, Krupinski Elizabeth A, Doarn Charles R
Arizona Telemedicine Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, 1364 Clifton Road Northeast D107, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Med Clin North Am. 2018 May;102(3):533-544. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2018.01.002.
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.
远程医疗和远程健康是远距离医疗实践。通过远程医疗进行相当于完整临床检查的情况并不常见。然而，更传统临床检查的组成部分是针对特定病症的远程医疗检查的一部分。通过整合一类称为远程医疗外围设备（如电子听诊器、远程检眼镜、视频耳镜等）的医疗设备，远程医疗临床检查得到了便利和加强。直接面向消费者的远程健康是医疗服务行业中一个迅速扩张的领域。
