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Solomon C. Nwaneri, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: snwaneri@unilag.edu.ng One of the direct benefits of the Internet is its ability to remotely link people across the globe seamlessly bridging geographical barriers. The healthcare sector has immensely benefited from the transformative power of the internet through the innovations in telemedicine. Telemedicine is the provision of medical services across a long distance. Telemedicine makes it possible for accurate diagnosis of the health condition of a person even if there is no qualified medical expert around him or her.  Of course, this is generally believed to bring about a number of benefits such as increased access to healthcare services, a reduction in costs and even a decline in mortality rates.  There has been a considerable rise in the use of telemedicine services across the world after the devastating effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The US telemedicine market size is projected t