Frost & Sullivan: TeleHealth

Telehealth is the field of healthcare that provides remote healthcare services to patients through Information and communication technology (ICT). Telemedicine is one of the examples of telehealth, which provides healthcare services to patients remotely via information technologies and electronic communications. Different sources are available for delivering telehealth services, and these include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial & wireless connections. Patients use all these technologies to avail healthcare services at home. Doctors also use these services to improve or support health care services. Telehealth technology involves a wide range of services designed to enhance care and education delivery.