Abstract
Portable Health Clinic (PHC) system has been developed as a telemedicine system primarily for providing basic healthcare services as a part of population management with a special focus on non-communicable diseases to the rural unreached communities of the developing countries like Bangladesh. The home delivery healthcare service model ensures the healthcare service accessibility to the rural communities, specially to the village women, who suffer from the shortage of healthcare facilities. As a modular system, the PHCs have gradually added tele-pathology, tele-eye care, and maternal and child healthcare features for advanced treatment based on the local demands. Recently, COVID-19 module has been added to tackle the pandemic. Due to its service portability, PHCs are equally useful for the urban aging communities who prefer to avoid city traffic congestion for regular hospital visits, waiting time in service queues, and can enjoy the service at home on schedule. Thus, this system can equally be useful for the aging communities in the developed countries. Also, the PHC system is matching to the concept of patient engagement which WHO has promoted.KeywordsTelemedicineHealthcaremHealthPatientMobileTriagePreventiveUnreachedCommunity
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