title: Telehealth and remote access.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * concepts concerning the nature and usage of Telehealth systems in some common clinical settings * the expected structure of typical interactive (synchronous) and non-interactive (asynchronous) Telehealth scenarios * various characteristics of human usage and physical infrastructure pertaining to typical Telehealth systems.
authors.affiliation: School of Computing & Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Australia. a.maeder@uws.edu.au
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maeder
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D001315:Australia; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012424:Rural Population; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*