Dear Colleagues,

Telemedicine (TM) is an emerging field in the 21st century and has recently gained widespread acceptance among diverse clinical specialties across the globe thanks to the rapid proliferation of mobile and home-based devices. Advancement in video-conferencing technology, such as digital compression, enhanced display resolution, improved video streaming with real-time interaction and high bandwidth, results in cost effective, high quality audio-video communication, ideal for a number of clinical applications.

The main reason for the great development of TM is because it probably covers an unmet need in the healthcare system (access to remote areas, improvement differential diagnosis, continuous disease monitoring, access to interventions and treatments, improvement of support and information, etc.) with a clear impact in a patient’s life.

More recently, telemedicine has expanded from store and forward technology (tele-radiology and tele-pathology) to real-time video communication with patients/providers and is now commonly used in hospitals, ambulatory settings, clinics, and schools. It has also proved to be a useful tool in the management of different populations, including children, adults, and psychiatric subjects. Despite several challenges (technical, clinical, regulatory, cost, etc.), telemedicine has been increasingly recognized by health systems (hospitals, patients, and payers), state medical boards, and government agencies in the US and Europe.

Clinicians are increasingly using telemedicine solutions as clinical standardized protocols and improved equipment is developed.  Several studies confirm the feasibility, reliability, and cost effectiveness of telemedicine.

There is a great number of published TM studies; they show important methodological differences, including the use of different approaches and devices, which makes the interpretation of the results difficult and limit the focus on patient outcomes.

Please join us in presenting this Special Issue on the state-of-the-art of technical developments in TM research currently performed worldwide in order to broaden the scope of its benefits and frontiers and to bring it to clinical practice.

Dr. Yolanda Blanco
Dr. Núria Solà-Valls
Assist. Prof. Rajender Gattu
Prof. Richard Lichenstein
Guest Editors

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• Remote consultation
• Remote devices
• Remote intervention
• Tele-health
• Tele-monitoring
• Telemetry
• Video-audio-conferencing
• Tele-monitoring
• Telemedicine
• Patient-reported outcomes