ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses telemedicine to some extent as “a service-oriented development” process owing its success to the some key economics of the electronic and healthcare industries and shows that the telemedicine service opportunity is basically coming from adoption of the ubiquitous wireless access technology. It considers a two-way exchange of information to deliver any scenario-based application service with two fundamental parts: telecommunication technologies for a dependable, ubiquitous access to remove any possible concerns associated with the distance. It also include: a collection of interactive medical devices and systems enabling the provision of useful capabilities to enable a response to good health. Telemedicine in many cases can be regarded as creation of a safe medical haven in an extreme or hostile environment. The number of viable applications of telemedicine and telehealth technologies is growing large and increasing. There are many new and emergency healthcare services for ambulances, rural hospitals, and remote areas of settlements demanding a better telemedicine infrastructure.
