Many low resource settings such as primary healthcare centres do not have a full set of qualified professionals
Remote consulting and diagnosis can help in implementing hub and spoke models with.
Expert guidance from the control centre
Point of Care efficiency leading to referral / treatment as required
Need not have highly qualified radiologists / sonologists at the POC. They can be guided on the right protocols, machine settings virtually to do the right scan (case in point is reduction of Infant and maternal mortality rates in low resource settings)
Efficient and safe remote patient monitoring (“tele-icu”). Can be enhance further with Video analytics and use of image processing and machine learning
Medical training and education of healthcare professionals
Perform hands on procedures in a virtual environment with controlled settings
Can gain experience in handling several real world scenarios
“Flight Simulator” for healthcare procedures
Use cases span from reduced hospital visits to disaster management