Applications, Limitations, and Guidelines for the Use of Telemedicine in Medical Departments

The aim and vision of incorporating telemedicine and virtual care in the healthcare system were to provide optimum healthcare, which facilitated addressing long waiting hours and the threat of disease progression in social distancing, assistance to hospitals, and clinics. Decrease in real-time visits to the medical centers and minimizing one-on-one interchange between doctors and their cases, virtual treatment, and assessment of solutions reduce the transmission of potent microbiological agents and shield medical practitioners from disorders. Telemedicine and telehealth have also successfully managed important acute respiratory infections like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). With the advent of COVID-19, canceling and postponing many in-person outpatient medical appointments have been common. In this book, we aimed to summarize applications, limitations, and guidelines for the use of telemedicine in medical departments