The Application of Technology to Health: The Evolution of Telephone to Telemedicine and Telepsychiatry: A Historical Review and Look at Human Factors

摘要: Technology innovation has irrefutably changed communication, relationships, business, and healthcare. Telegraphy was applied to healthcare early in the 1700s together with telephone, began have a significant impact by 1900s. Some publications outlined technology’s march into particularly its transformation telemedicine while others similarly described evolving role psychiatric or mental health care. The use of technology provide support those suffering from illness realized capacity facilitate care for underserved, at distance, whom inaccessible is captured narratives, few journal articles, letters, cartoons. Its application and/or behavioral services initially embraced due non-physical dimensions. At same time, however, psychological human factors propelled, transformed, currently shape delivery via narratives how why people inform may direct our future work.