Role of telemedicine in neurosciences.
That distribution of specialists in neurological sciences worldwide is lopsided is an accepted fact. That, increasing the number of specialists, providing them with the requisite infrastructure and maintaining high standards to provide neurological and neurosurgical surgical care worldwide is just not possible, is also accepted. Patients from suburban areas are sent to the limited number of tertiary neurosciences referral centers, incurring expense and time and resulting in overwork at these centers. It is easier to set up an excellent telecommunication infrastructure, to increase the reach of the limited number of urban specialists, than to put them in suburban areas.
Ganapathy
K
K
Apollo Telemedicine, Networking Foundation, Chennai, India. ganapathy_k@apollolife.com
D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D038622:Internationality; D020407:Internet; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009462:Neurology; D019114:Remote Consultation; D013685:Telecommunications