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Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR), vol.47, no.5, pp.39007-39009, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
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.