Abstract Background:
Since the mid-20th century, telehealth or telemedicine programs emerged as a new way or option to provide remote medical and mental health care in developed countries. Telehealth sometimes called telemedicine allows a healthcare provider to render services without an in-person office visit. Telehealth is done primarily online with Internet access on a computer, tablet, or smart phone.
Telemedicine can be defined as the use of medical information exchange from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patient’s clinical and medical care during a remote clinical service. There are several options for telehealth care, including talk to healthcare provider live over the phone or video chat, send and receive messages from healthcare providers using secure messaging, email and secure file exchange, and the use of remote patient monitoring. (1) Telehealth was not fully utilized until the Covid-19 pandemic that limited physical contacts among healthcare providers and their patients.