The woman's television emits a beep two minutes before the nurse is scheduled to check on her. Benefits of Telemedicine Telemedicine advocates believe the technology can benefit rural communities where access to specialized care is near to impossible. With telemedicine, the patients can seek advice from some distant specialist without leaving the community. There are some major obstacles in the way before telemedicine becomes part of mainstream medicine, especially in Pakistan. One obstacle involves reimbursement- most do not yet pay for other consultative telemedicine services.
Medical liability is another issue.
Or if compressed digital images are not reconstructed well, causing loss of valuable diagnostic information, a doctor could possibly face difficulty in diagnosis. Electricity failures and shortage of government funds are other hurdles. The Electric Phone Stethoscope passes high quality auscultation sounds over low bit rates. The receiving unit includes a switch to select either bell or diaphragm frequency sounds. A splitter can be used to plug in multiple headphones.