--- title: Why You Should Consider WebRTC Video for Telehealth? description: "You know that video is a very important component of telehealth. You may have heard of the term \"webRTC video\" mentioned when discussing telehealth. What is it? 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[Danielle Daoud](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/author/danielle-daoud) Share: [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.webrtc.ventures/2018/05/why-you-should-consider-webrtc-video-for-telehealth) [X Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.webrtc.ventures/2018/05/why-you-should-consider-webrtc-video-for-telehealth) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://blog.webrtc.ventures/2018/05/why-you-should-consider-webrtc-video-for-telehealth) You may realize that your healthcare business must **consider telehealth** in order to not only **meet patients’ growing technological expectations**, but also to **not get displaced or beat out by your competition**. You know that video is a very important component of telehealth. You may have heard of the term “webRTC video” mentioned when discussing telehealth. What is it? **Why should you consider webRTC video for telehealth?** **WebRTC** is a standard for connecting two or more users in a **private, secure video connection**, using only their web browser.  The standard was originally designed by **Google** and open sourced in 2011, and is now part of the public **HTML5** standards body.  The technology standard is supported by major companies like **Google**, **Mozilla**, **Microsoft**, and **Apple**.   Major internet products such as **Facebook**, **Google Hangouts**, **Amazon Kindle**, **Slack**, and many others have used WebRTC technology to build video into their applications for customer support or purely social interaction. [![](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog-1.png?width=733&height=239&name=telehealthvideoblog-1.png) ![](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog-1.png?width=733&height=239&name=telehealthvideoblog-1.png)](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog-1.png) A standard WebRTC application connects two (or more) users in a **Peer-to-Peer (P2P)** connection.  They connect to each other through a **Signaling Server**, which is custom built for every WebRTC application and acts as a temporary intermediary to help the two users’ computer connect to each other.  Once that **Peer Connection** is established, the two users are connected to each other in a **private encrypted connection**, which allows them to share their video, audio, and data directly with each other.  No intermediary servers are required at this point, which makes the connection very secure. [![](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog2.png?width=854&height=433&name=telehealthvideoblog2.png) ![](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog2.png?width=854&height=433&name=telehealthvideoblog2.png)](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog2.png) WebRTC is a free and **open source standard**, and is typically implemented in **Javascript**, a very common web programming language.  This means that your organization can integrate WebRTC video communications into your own **browser, mobile, or desktop application** using non-proprietary technologies, with **no license fees**.   WebRTC is incredibly versatile, and allows you to build **“contextual communications”** applications, where users connect with each other directly in your application.   For **mobile applications, consider the following scenario**:   [![](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog3-1-1-1024x512.png?width=1024&height=512&name=telehealthvideoblog3-1-1-1024x512.png) ![](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog3-1-1-1024x512.png?width=1024&height=512&name=telehealthvideoblog3-1-1-1024x512.png)](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog3-1-1.png) For a **web application it’s similar and even easier**: [![](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog4-1024x512.png?width=1024&height=512&name=telehealthvideoblog4-1024x512.png) ![](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog4-1024x512.png?width=1024&height=512&name=telehealthvideoblog4-1024x512.png)](https://blog.webrtc.ventures/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/telehealthvideoblog4.png) Healthcare businesses are looking for ways to **cut costs**, **increase revenue**, **reach more remote patients** and **increase patient engagement**. 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