APPLICATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE

forms of practical application of information technology in medicine, and it is defined as the use of telecommunications and computer technology along with medical expertise in the purpose of remote applications of medical services. Another definition is that telemedicine represents a way of providing medical services without a direct contact between the physician-patient. This detail is extremely significant when taking the fact into consideration that the funds allocated for health and social care is often insufficient to provide the basic health care, and besides that, in some regions due to inaccessibility and long-distance of the nearest health institution, population is almost completely deprived of this type of assistance. In the study will be presented the possibilities of radiology and its importance, as well as the abilities of telemedicine in the purpose of exercising specialist-consulting activities with an emphasis on video conferences.