Exam 2: Telemedicine

________ uses computers and telecommunications equipment to deliver medical care at a distance.

A ________ weighs 135 pounds, is only five inches high, and includes a respirator, heart machine, intravenous drugs, and monitors that transmit all the data they gather immediately to the hospital.

Interactive videoconferencing or ________ allows doctors to consult with each other and with patients in real time, at a distance.

________ purpose was to compare high-risk, premature infants receiving traditional care with an experimental group, which in addition to traditional care received a telemedicine link to the hospital while the babies were hospitalized and for six months after.

________ involves the monitoring of vital signs from a distance via telecommunications equipment and the replacement of home nursing visits with videoconferences. It is usually used to manage chronic conditions like congestive heart failure.