Telemedicine in gastroenterohepatology.
Telemedicine itself is not the medical profession, it is not a medical specialty, but the way in which the medical profession conduct its activity. Therefore we are talking about tele otorhinolaryngology, tele cardiology or tele pathology. In the definition of a multitude of telemedicine that can be found in the literature is the following: Telemedicine is a system that supports the process of health care by providing ways and means for more efficient exchange of information that allows multitude of activities related to health care, including health care and health personnel, including education, administration and treatment. Telemedicine applications include tele diagnosis, tele consultation, tele monitoring, tele-care, tele consultations and remote access to information contained in one or more databases. It turned out that telemedicine is an important factor in technological, professional, financial and organizational uniformity of development of the health system. Telemedicine, although a new area, to a large extent already changed the ways of providing health care, and even more influence on the ways of designing the future of medicine.
Faculty for Health Sciences, University of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Muharem
M
Zildzic
Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Nizama
N
Salihefendic
Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ferid
F
Krupic
Faculty of medicine, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Emina
E
Beganovic
Faculty for Health Sciences, University of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lejla
L
Zunic
Faculty of medicine, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Izet
I
Masic
diagnostic discipline; telemedicine