“遠(yuǎn)程醫(yī)療”一般被定義為“遠(yuǎn)程醫(yī)療”，因此它既包括診斷和治療，也包括醫(yī)學(xué)教育。在過去的十年中，某些遠(yuǎn)程醫(yī)療應(yīng)用，如視頻咨詢和遠(yuǎn)程放射學(xué)，已經(jīng)成熟成為基本的醫(yī)療服務(wù)。其他的，如心靈病理學(xué)，仍然是深入研究的主題。《遠(yuǎn)程醫(yī)療和遠(yuǎn)程護(hù)理雜志》發(fā)表了關(guān)于遠(yuǎn)程醫(yī)療和遠(yuǎn)程護(hù)理各方面的同行評議論文，后者涵蓋了遠(yuǎn)程護(hù)理和社區(qū)支持。它涉及初級和二級醫(yī)療部門，以及在獸醫(yī)領(lǐng)域的應(yīng)用，并包括關(guān)于這些新興領(lǐng)域所有方面的論文。除了原創(chuàng)文章，該雜志還出版初步通訊、委托評審文章、案例報(bào)告、致編輯的信函和書評。

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