Introduction
Telemedicine can identify as a new system that is used to advise medical practitioners, as well as offering the best medical service to all that makes use of Telemedicine. Many professions will find themselves in a cycle of technological innovation; however, many professions and institutions will find themselves having a problem to resist change, even if the change will lead to the improvement of the health care department. People that are not in favour of the implementation telemedicine are quick to argue about the potential ethical and legal problem associated with telemedicine (Stanberry, B). Most health professionals prefer to use the telephone as posed to telemedicine.
Telemedicine is the use of Information Communication Technology. This system includes emails, fax, satellite etc.; however all of this is transferred by the use of information electronically. The type of transfer includes a wide range of information encompassing all medical details of the patient, methods to prevent the diagnosis ,educational information that help with research (Craig J, Patterson V).
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Ensuring that we have ongoing professional research and education (Edworthy, S and Rice N, Smith P). Developing countries are still expressing a shortage of doctors. According to the World Health Organization of Atlantis 47 Sub Saharan African countries we still find 31 of the countries having less than 10 doctors for a population of 100000, while developed countries have more than 500 doctors per 100000 populations. South Africa has 69 doctors per 100000 people. Hence in 2005 the World health Organization executive board had implemented the telemedicine service to assist countries with a shortage of