The telemedicine and second medical opinion

Telemedicine is declared as delivery of care to patients anywhere in the world by combining communications technology, with medical expertise. The well established applications of telemedicine are in the field of teleradiology, pathology, cardiology. In some cases video-conferencing (VC) may be applied. Second medical opinion is an important additional viewpoint on the patient diagnosis and treatment. The established network of consultant hospitals and worldwide Second opinion centers enable a fast (24-72 hours response) second medical opinion consultation service with the telemedicine application. The consultant hospitals at present time are: UCSF--San Franscisco, Stanford Medical Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, The Brigham Radiology Foundation, Emory University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. The second opinion centers are located worldwide, just to mention some of them: London, Budapest, Ljubljana, Tel Aviv, Bombay, Athens, Milano, Seoul.