From Telemedicine to eHealth and mHealth: The Impact of Technology on Nursing

Kajti E.

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR), cilt.47, sa.5, ss.39007-39009, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)

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When searching about telemedicine and telehealth there were two points the sparked our attention. Firstly the early start of telemedicine and telephone nursing which became possible almost immediately after the invention of telephone. And secondly the huge research work emerging after 2010, where there can be found more than 3500 papers just by researching telemedicine, telehealth and nursing. Although we are familiar with the term telemedicine what is the exact meaning of the word? The prefix ‘tele’ derives from the Greek ‘at a distance’ and so telemedicine means delivering health care at a distance. We mentioned above how telemedicine started immediately after the invention of the telephone, however we need to emphasize that telemedicine, has been practiced at a distance for centuries, for instance, a physician assessing a plague patient across a river.