Telemedicine

Telemedicine can provide medical services such as diagnostics, therapy, rehabilitation and consultation over a spatial distance using modern information and communication structures. It pursues the goal of improving the quality and accessibility of medical care. In addition, medical documents, such as images or electronic doctor's letters, can be sent across sectors via telemedical communication. This also includes applications such as teleradiology, telepathology and telesurgery up to the control of operating theatre equipment and remote diagnostic assessment applications.

Prerequisites for use:

• IT infrastructure
• State of networking capability in medical practices
• Networking to external sectors
• Interoperability of data
• Data security
• Data storage
• Data ownership
• Process definition in everyday medical practice

Regional experts:

Prof. Dr. Christian Juhra

Telemedicine Unit, UKM Münster

• Telemedicine, Orthopaedics, Trauma Medicine (Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery)