A portable Telemedicine system in the context of rural Bangladesh

In general, Telemedicine refers to the use of information and communication technology to provide health care facilities and support patients in remote area by providing expert consultation. It is also a way to provide medical procedures to remote locations at the time of emergency. Telemedicine can be considered as a way to improve the quality of health care services. It can be implemented to ensure the access to health care services lowering the costs and saving time as well. Many developing countries are implementing telemedicine to provide health care facility to remote area where health care facilities are poor. As a developing country Bangladesh cannot provide all the health care services to its rural people with its limited resources. Implementing a nationwide telemedicine network will help Bangladesh to support its rural population by providing quality health services. In this paper we mention some important factors which are related to implement Telemedicine system in a developing country like Bangladesh. We also propose a prototype portable telemedicine system for rural Bangladesh that can improve health care facilities of the rural people by making a connection between rural people and specialised hospitals in the capital or in a distant location.