JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 10.70302/jpsim.v3i3.2253 jpsim.v3i3.2253 Digital Health Power of Tele-Radiology. Connecting Central Radiology Units to Peripheral Hospitals. Author's view on the Role of Tele-radiology in Modern Healthcare Systems Chughtai Suhail Director@Medicalcity.online * Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (locum) & Medico-Legal Examiner – UK Microsoft Certified Specialist & Telehealth Strategist/Expert *Correspondence: Suhail Chughtai (Director@Medicalcity.online) 12 09 2022 2022 3 3 262 266 16 04 2022 17 07 2022 Copyright © 2022 The Author(s) 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Introduction

The author takes the reader through a brief history of the emergence of Tele-radiology and then expands on the role of this service in modernizing Healthcare services.

The author uses his experience with Telehealth Software and Hardware and shares his thoughts on various designs of Tele-radiology services.

The article also includes the use case scenarios of Tele-radiology in both emergency and elective services.

The article is valuable for experienced clinicians relying upon radiology-based diagnosis ranging from X-ray taking, Ultrasound, CT or Ultrasound scanning in various clinical settings such as Cardiology, Vascular Services, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics and more.