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TeleMediCare Solution

 

‘Telemedicine’ is defined as “use of electronic information and communications technologies [ICT] to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants.”

Features of PARAS TeleMedicare Solution

Use of both Communication & Information Technology. Being used for real-time direct collaborative patient care.

PARAS addresses four areas an ideal TeleMedicare revolves around:

Goal:                    Continuous Management

Data:                    Multi-disciplinary Care Record

Focus:                  Patient-centric, collaborative

Technology:         Multi-Point IP VPN [Synchronous]

                            Multi-Point IVRS [Synchronous]

                            Multi-Point Video-conferencing [Synchronous]

                            Multi-Point Call Centre [Asynchronous]

                            Multi-Point Store & Forward [Asynchronous]

 Functional feature of PARAS TeleMedicare

• Emphasis on connection and partnership rather than isolation and self-sufficiency

• Care is delivered seamlessly through a chain of interconnected disciplines

• The network enables knowledge (expertise) to be distributed

• Patients remain in their community while receiving expert care through this network

• Clinical networks strengthen the role of primary care in acute health care