• S.Senthil kumar
• Dr. A.Oliver Bright

The blend of Health Care and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has shown a great hope in the Health Care Delivery System in the recent years. To address the issue of shortage of 1 million Doctors and to serve the growing population of 1.21 billion Telemedicine is the solution. Telemedicine refers to the treatment of the patients from distance place by making use of information and Communication technologies. At this juncture, it is important to know the perception of the patients, since they are the ultimate beneficiaries. For this purpose this research was conducted. The researcher had identified 35 variables regarding patients’ perception about the role of Telemedicine and 20 variables regarding agreement towards various disadvantages of Telemedicine. These variables were arranged in 5 point Likert scale in order to identify variables with high and low role. With those variables an interview schedule was prepared. That interview schedule was administered through 400 patients from 8 various hospitals using telemedicine technology. The weighted average and one way anova were applied for analysis. It is found that patients are accepting this technology very much. In view of the patients , providing remote diagnosis , getting second opinion and progress monitoring were the other important roles of Telemedicine .

Telemedicine, telehealth, e-health , Health care delivery system .

"Telemedicine Services in Tamil Nadu Perception and Prospects", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.542-550, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906T64.pdf

"Telemedicine Services in Tamil Nadu Perception and Prospects", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp542-550, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906T64.pdf