Telemedicine
Providing clinical healthcare from a distance, thus bringing global medical expertise
at your doorstep is the new-age mantra for the medical field. It eliminates the
distance barrier and allows patients to receive a second opinion on their case,
without the unnecessary hassles of a trip to a distant doctor.
‘Telemedicine’ is one such service provided by Chowgule Medbullet_iconsult – it offers
you evidence-based second medical opinion from world-renowned doctors. Using online
medical consultation via a Telemedicine portal, medical expertise from the best
hospitals and doctors in the USA is now available in India.
Current tie-ups for Telemedicine include:
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland
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Massachusetts General Hospital (affiliated to Harvard Medical School)
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
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Philadelphia International Medicine
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston (affiliated to Harvard Medical School)
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Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
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Children’s Hospital, Boston
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University of Pennsylvania Medical Centre
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How does Telemedicine work?
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For each case, the relevant expert doing clinical research in that disease, is selected
from our panel
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Using the latest in healthcare Information Technology, patient data, images, pathology
slides and other reports are digitized and transmitted online to any doctor in the
world
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This allows the expert to review all the details and provide his/her expert opinion,
on their letterhead
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The entire process is completely secure and ensures full confidentiality
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Advantages of Telemedicine:
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Opportunity to reconfirm a diagnosis/treatment plan backed by evidence-based findings
from prestigious institutes
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Brings expert medical opinion closer to patients/doctors
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Ensures high quality, cost effective healthcare
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Eliminates the distance barrier for medical consultation
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Saves the expensive travel to a doctor of choice
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Usage of internationally accepted technology
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Who can benefit from Telemedicine?
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Patients with rare, chronic or complicated diseases who want to confirm the treatment
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Patients for whom expert local doctors differ on diagnosis / treatment plans
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Patients who have been unable to find suitable solutions to their medical problems
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Patients in whom treatment is not producing results as expected by the treating
doctor
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Advanced Technology used for Telemedicine:
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Store and forward technology to transmit patient data efficiently and swiftly
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Medical data management software, specially developed for this purpose
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State-of-the-art cameras attached to high-resolution microscopes
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High resolution X-ray film digitizers
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In short, Telemedicine service by Chowgule Medbullet_iconsult operates like a fully-equipped
‘Virtual Hospital’ that connects with world-renowned institutes and doctors, benefitting
both patients as well as doctors.
