The goals of telemedicine include improving the quality of health care, making it more accessible to underserved populations, and improving the cost-effectiveness of health care, often by reducing the unnecessary use of expensive in-person visits to the doctor. Telemedicine can be used to provide medical care virtually in the same way that people receive care when they go to a doctor’s office, with the goal of addressing the patient’s medical needs and health concerns from the comfort of their home.