One could look from one end of the earth to another to find it impossible to come upon a human being regardless of age, sex, etc, who doesn’t want to live a longer and pain ridden life. This is the age when the cost of Medicare has skyrocketed, poverty is at an all time low, and time is of the greatest importance for individuals. The effect of all these accessible or inaccessible factors take a toll on no one other than the innocent individual. The uses of technology for higher purposes has reached new overwhelming heights. The healthcare industry all over the world has taken drastic measures to implement more accessible and methodical measures of delivering healthcare services to patients through the use of technology.

One such measure is the introduction of telemedicine. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show, “annual health-care expenditures are expected to reach $3.1 trillion by 2012, growing at an average annual rate of 7.3% during the forecast period or 17.7% of gross domestic product, up from 14.1% today.”# This clearly indicates the necessity and future scope of telemedicine in the healthcare industry. The main points regarding telemedicine include its applications, benefits, and challenges.