Tele-Epilepsy and Tele-Electroencephalography

Electroencephalography (EEG) was born out of advancements in technology. As technology has advanced, it has the ability to record cerebral electrical activity. It is only natural that with the expanded ability to transfer large amounts of data very quickly and across vast distances, tele-EEG would follow. Likewise, the clinical practice of epilepsy and evaluation of seizure-like events lend itself well in the context of the ever-advancing field of telemedicine. In general, physicians who are involved in interpreting EEGs are also those who care for patients with epileptic disorders. The epileptologist is typically one who is comfortable with the advancing technologies of the modern world and will evolve easily into the emerging roles required in the current state of telemedicine.