
Telehealth, The Future Of Efficient And Equitable Healthcare Telehealth, also known as telemedicine, is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to provide care when the patient and the doctor are not in the same place at the same time. The facility connects patients to vital health services through video conferencing, remote monitoring, electronic consultations and wireless communications. The ease of contact with a doctor has practically proved to be a great relief to those who needed the doctor's suggestion, but struggled to physically reach their place. Through telehealth , doctors have the opportunity to provide care, go through the various health reports and stay in touch with their patients when face to face patient care is not possible. Emergence of virtual patient care during the COVID 19 pandemic Before COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine was most frequently used in rural and remote areas where patients would otherwise have to tra...