A Rural Telemedicine Network For Remote Healthcare Delivery Using AI-Assisted Consultation And Digital Prescription Systems

This paper presents the design, architecture, and implementation of A Rural Telemedicine Network aimed at bridging healthcare access gaps in geographically isolated communities. The proposed system integrates Interactive Voice Response (IVR) telephony for feature phone users, smartphone-based video consultation, AI-assisted doctor information retrieval, digital prescription generation, and pharmacy verification through QR-code authentication. A microservices architecture hosted on cloud infrastructure ensures scalability and low-latency operation in bandwidth-constrained environments. The platform supports multi-role access encompassing patients, doctors, health workers, pharmacies, and administrators. Experimental deployment across three rural pilot sites demonstrated a 78% reduction in patient travel time, a 91% prescription verification accuracy, and over 85% user satisfaction among health workers. The results validate the feasibility of affordable, resilient telemedicine for underserved populations and underscore the transformative potential of combining AI, and mobile health technologies in primary healthcare delivery.