Disciplines and Occupations

Telemedicine

Delivery of health services via remote telecommunications. This includes interactive consultative and diagnostic services.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Delivery of health services via remote telecommunications. This includes interactive consultative and diagnostic services.

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Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Tele-Referral
  • Virtual Medicine
  • Medicine, Virtual
  • Tele Referral
  • Tele-Referrals
  • Mobile Health
  • Tele-Care
  • Tele-ICU
  • Tele-Intensive Care
  • Telecare
  • Telehealth
  • eHealth
  • mHealth
  • Health, Mobile
  • Tele Care
  • Tele ICU
  • Tele Intensive Care

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Telecommunications (1976-1992)

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  1. H02w.403w.840w
  2. L01w.462w.500w.847w.652w
  3. N04w.590.374w.800w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Telemedicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017216. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017216
  2. Telemedicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telehealth
  3. Telemedicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46994