In the Fall of 1997, ASHA focused its association's magazine on the topic of Telehealth. Telemedicine offers many advantages to healthcare providers. Physicians can remotely monitor and treat patients which frequently decreases the number of days patients remain hospitalized. There is a continually growing number of medical specialties employing this technology. This type of approach may have a considerable impact on health care provision and costs.
Distance becomes a non-issue.
The great news is that technology and technologic applications continue to proliferate at a stunning rate. This technology application is dependent not only upon computer hardware and software but also on network communication and the internet. Each of these components will be reviewed from a DVC perspective. Microphone - Most computers today are multimedia compatible which means they are equipped with audio capture and playback capacities. All computers manipulate digital information in their processing functions.