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Medical Advancements in Telehealth Platform

Telehealth basically involves distributions of health-related services via electronic information and telecommunication- technology. It serves the purpose of long-distance patient-physician contact, advises, reminders and monitoring of conditions. Telehealth can include Two physicians discussing a case over video conference Physical therapy in Telehealth via digital monitoring instruments and live feed Home monitoring via a continuous update of patient data The Need for Health With the increase in population overages, medical advancement is occurring which prolongs life, thereby, increasing the demands from the health care system. In turn, health care providers are required to do more, without any increase in funding. Some are even encouraged for patient-centered or outcomes-based funding rather than free- for service. Some health professions have started having a shortage. When lack of transport, lack of mobility, a decrease in funds, lack of staffing rest