Contents

#### **Preface XI**


Chapter 6 **Telemedicine: Reducing Trauma in Evaluating Abuse 105** Sunshine Arnold and Debra Esernio-Jenssen

#### **Section 2 Telemedicine: Present and the Future 121**

Chapter 7 **Update on the Most Rural American Telemedicine Program — The Present and Future 123** Edward T. Zawada Jr, Dana Buus, Don Kosiak, Pat Herr and Michael Heisler

Preface

Telemedicine to the readers.

Technological advances in Medicine has led to possibility of monitoring and caring for pa‐ tients remotely. The field of Telemedicine is spreading throughout the world in the different branches of Medicine. In this book, a collection of reviewed scholarly contributions written by different authors, recent developments in the different fields including Mental Health, Ophthalmology, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology have been highlighted. Review arti‐

The target audience for this open access will be medical students, trainees, mid level provid‐ ers, physicians and health care administrators. The chapters will introduce the concepts of

> **Ramesh Madhavan M.D, D.M.** Associate Chief Medical Officer

> > Director, Telemedicine

**Shahram Khalid, MD** Vascular Neurology Fellow

Neurology Residency Program Director

Associate Professor, Wayne State University, USA

Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, USA

cles related to e-health care delivery platforms are discussed.


Liezl van Dyk and Cornelius S.L. Schutte
