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of technology to deliver health care from a distance, or telemedicine, has been demonstrated as an effective way of overcoming certain barriers to care, particularly for communities located in rural and remote areas. The use of advanced technology to deliver healthcare at a distance has the potential to be one of the defining medical revolutions of the 21st century. In India, it has been observed that there is a great deal of disparity in quality and access to healthcare between urban and rural regions. This healthcare divide needs to be bridged since most of the Indian population live in rural areas. Telemedicine is emerging Information and Communication enabled health technology which has the potential to facilitate access to healthcare in underprivileged population if absorbed into existing healthcare delivery system. The scale of e-health services in India has been very small so far considering it’s size, mostly limited to medical transcription, health awareness through portals, telemedicine, hospital management system and customer service using the internet. Both government and private agencies are venturing into Tele-health care by providing hardware and software solutions. Tele-health industry is coming up and policy and standard issues are getting addressed. Government efforts are directed towards setting up standards and defining IT enabled healthcare infrastructure in the country.

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