Introduction to telemedicine. Second edition

This book provides an introduction to telemedicine, a phenomenon defined by the authors as ‘‘rapid access to shared and remote medical expertise by ICT (Information Communication Technology), no matter where the patient or relevant information is located’’. The authors regard telemedicine as a part of health telematics—their definition coming from the European project AIM (Advanced Informatics in Medicine programme, 1993). This demonstrates a technology driven definition of the term telemedicine and so the focus of the book itself is similarly technological in nature.