Shri Chimanbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Computer Applications, Gujarat, India.

  Satellites, televisions, radios, mobile phone and computers are now being used to improve next generation healthcare services to make it more valuable services.  This research work investigates scope of improvement in telemedicine service via satellite communication to make it faster and reliable through use of two-way video conferencing. The purposed model shows the components required to established communication, the procedure as well as the technological difficulties. The recent trends in telemedicine service and its utilization for various areas of telemedicine are demonstrated here with few case studies. The presented work can be beneficial to overcome future challenges in the field of telemedicine are global health care service via satellite communications, tele diagnosis in fully equipped ambulance in emergencies, teleoperated robotic arm, medical services in remote areas like plane and ships and e-health educations.

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