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[Physician-patient relations in the age of information technology]
Abstract
Even in the age of information technology, trust is very important in the relationship between doctors and patients. Case history, personal talks and examinations are absolutely necessary. Telemedicine in the sense of consulting can be considered in special cases and in emergencies. A medical treatment and a consultation based on communication media or computer communication network only is until now forbidden. After critical examinations, electronic and telematics can be used in the sense of economic advantages. In no cases telemedicine should be introduced only because of obligations and the purpose of an apparent progress in all fields of the health care system. Information regarding medical subjects that is gathered anonymously or in the Internet can only lead to a harmful superficial knowledge of the patient.
Telemedicine is an indispensable tool in the hands of doctors to accelerate and facilitate the process of data interchange. To publicize and distribute the culture of utilizing this technology and providing the necessary equipment for this purpose and also to commence some useful activities in this field of science in Iran, the researchers group have designed and performed a telemedicine internet site with the goal of medical consultation. Software was designed and prepared, which is accessible to three groups of users with definite level of access for each one: normal users, doctors and site administrators. There are four main forums on this website with the following titles: medical consultation (Q&A), doctors' special forum, scientific and research centers and also special disease groups, and the forum of graduates and medical students. Ultimately, we could achieve a new horizon to expand telemedicine activities in the field of medical consultation. A free web-based system was developed through the address of www.teleteb.com with the aim of remote medical consultation, developing the public health
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