Medical+information,administration,marketing+and+sales

= **Medical information,administration,marketing and sales** =



Medical advice and e-prescriptions
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Video explaining what medical advice is, how it works, and some advantages/disadvantages:

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 * e-prescriptions links and videos: **

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Telemedicine
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**Ways of Telemedicine:**
 * Telephone
 * Internet
 * Video conferencing

**Types of Telemedicine:**
 * Real-time
 * Store and forward

**Real-time:**

This type of telemedicine requires both patients and doctors to be present at the same time, and real-time communication between them can occur using suitable hardware and software. The most common method of real-time telemedicine is videoconferencing.

**Store and Forward:**

This type of telemedicine involves medical data (eg.medical images) being transmitted to a doctor or medical specialist at any time. The doctor can then assess the medical data sent offline.

**Social/Ethical issues associated with telemedicine:**


 * Security
 * Privacy
 * Digital Divide

**Advantages of telemedicine:**


 * Military
 * Reduce cost of health care
 * Hospitals/clinics can share information
 * Reduces travel time
 * Doctors can be at 2+ places at once

**Disadvantages of telemedicine:**


 * Conferences and video VS doctor to patient and doctor to physician communication
 * Doctors may not be licensed to practice medicine in other states
 * Doctors are not physically "hands-on" interacting with their patients
 * Rural areas may not have cable
 * Poor countries may not have internet connection or enough money to purchase the equipment (Digital divide)

Electronic Health Records, international health cards
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 * EHR videos: **

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 * Advantages of e-prescriptions **


 * Reduction of cost
 * Improve quality of care
 * Promote evidence-based medicine
 * Record keeping and mobility

**Disadvantages**


 * Costs
 * Time
 * Privacy and Reliability issues