Telemedicine in the Nordic countries: diffusion and technology assessment

Abstract

Telemedicine is a general term and can be defined as "medicine at distance": which in practice very often means "medical communications via telemedia". Telemedicine refers to a wide range of specific applications usually named after a particular discipline, e.g., teledermatology, telepsychiatry, teleradiology, telecardiology, telesurgery, telepathology, telelogopedics, teleeducation, and teletraining. The Nordic countries is the common name for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.