Telemedicine prescribes cure for distant connections

Telemedicine embodies modern-day risk-reward for personal data. It holds the promise of greater personal contact where healthcare providers are scarce. Yet, mobile health encounters daily threats from hackers or simple mishandling of personally identifiable information. Dr. Stephanie Miaco regularly confronts these challenges. The psychiatrist from Dumaguete City, the Philippines, and a faculty member of the Silliman University Medical School advocates in mental health and how to improve the delivery of these services for everyone. “Telemedicine improves our reach as physicians and affects our practices,” she said. Miaco described telemedicine as the delivery of clinical services at a distance, broken down…...