Definition of "telemedicine" [telemedicine]

• The use of telecommunications technology to provide, enhance, or expedite health care services, as by accessing off-site databases, linking clinics or physicians' offices to central hospitals, or transmitting x-rays or other diagnostic images for examination at another site. (noun)

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• ""Telemed" is short for the term telemedicine, whereby medical consults occur with the aid of electronic communications."
• "I think "telemedicine" is one thing that should be barred."
• ""'Telemed' is short for the term telemedicine, whereby medical consults occur with the aid of electronic communications."