title: What is "telemedicine" and what does it mean for a pediatric surgeon?
abstract: Telemedicine is a broad term and has recently become a household term in the medical field. However, there are many interpretations as to what the term "telemedicine" means. There are many facets to telemedicine and here we describe all of the elements of telemedicine, a glossary of terms, and how they relate to pediatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio, United States.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nalugo
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio, United States.
authors.forename: Domenic R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Craner
authors.affiliation: Operations, GlobalCastMD, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwachter
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio, United States.
authors.forename: Todd A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ponsky
mesh_terms: D018961:Educational Technology; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D019114:Remote Consultation; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education*; D017216:Telemedicine; D019113:Telepathology; D019112:Teleradiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic