Explain the concept of telemedicine. What advantages does telemedicine offer to the healthcare system?

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Explain the concept of telemedicine. What advantages does telemedicine offer to the healthcare system? Identify a specific use of telemedicine in the field of radiology. This paper should be written to a professional/acedemic audience.

Complete this assignment in 1-2 double spaced pages. Include three references with at least one representing a scholarly source. Cite in AMA format.

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The Concept of Telemedicine
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The concept of telemedicine was initially developed in the 1970s. Though started a few
decades ago, telemedicine has grown tremendously over the years to play a vital role in the
healthcare sector. Its original meaning was “healing at a distance.” It utilizes ICT to enhance
communication and accessibility of patient information to improve health care (Hanson et al..,
2017).
Telemedicine has received a lot of attention from various scholars with the consequence
that many definitions have been developed (Kahn, 2015). Summing up the key elements in the
various definitions, telemedicine may be defined as the use of information and
telecommunication technologies to ease accessibility and transmission of reliable and real-time
multimedia information across distant or remote locations to facilitate diagnosis, prevention, and
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