There are many terms used to describe the remote delivery of care: “telehealth”, “telecare”, telemedicine” and “home telemonitoring” are among the most often used. I have chosen to use the term “telecare” to describe the interaction “The TIDE project is exploring ‘state of the art’ alarm provision for the elderly and disabled.”[5] Following the opening statement evidence is given that Telecare has been and is currently an ongoing development in the medical industry. To prove this authors Bernard Fong, Alvis Fong and Daniel Chong wrote “The history of modern telemedicine goes back about a century ago.”[6] Both authors state the importance of developing Telehealth devices throughout their articles both going on to say how they feel
There are many terms used to describe the remote delivery of care: “telehealth”, “telecare”, telemedicine” and “home telemonitoring” are among the most often used. I have chosen to use the term “telecare” to describe the interaction “The TIDE project is exploring ‘state of the art’ alarm provision for the elderly and disabled.”[5] Following the opening statement evidence is given that Telecare has been and is currently an ongoing development in the medical industry. To prove this authors Bernard Fong, Alvis Fong and Daniel Chong wrote “The history of modern telemedicine goes back about a century ago.”[6] Both authors state the importance of developing Telehealth devices throughout their articles both going on to say how they feel