Background: Telemedicine has been practiced since 1960. The objective of telemedicine was to establish feasible interactive telecommunication for medical diagnosis and treatment of patients at remote sites. Nowadays, with healthcare costs on the rise, telemedicine is increasingly being seen as a strategy for healthcare organizations to make cost-saving. This study aimed to explore the opportunity of telemedicine utilization in cost savings to patients and the health care system. Subjects and Method: A systematic review was conducted by searching the published articles from PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINA-HL, and Science Direct databases. Keywords for this study were "telemedicine" AND "patient satisfaction", "telemedicine" AND "cost-utility and cost-effectiveness", and "telemedicine" AND "systematic review". The data were analyzed by PRISMA flow diagram. Results: 8 articles were selected for this study. These studies reported that telemedicine utilization in dermatology, radiology, pediatrics, and intensive care unit (ICU) rooms reduced health cost by 56% and patients travel cost to health care by 94%. Telemedicine advantages for patients were reduced transportation time or cost, eliminated time off of work, on-demand option, and reduced time in the waiting room, so that it can increase patient's satisfaction. A study reported that telemedicine utilization at the pediatrics department increased hospital's revenue by USD 101,744 per year. Conclusion:Telemedicine is an alternative health care to generate cost savings for patient and hospital and it can increase patient's satisfaction.
Degree Of Smoking, Oxygen Saturation, Cigarettes. Smoking is tobacco smoke inhalation activity detrimental to the health of the body that is addictive. Category degrees smoking in Brinkman index is divided into three types of categories: mild, moderate and severe. The more severe the degree of smoke someone then the higher the harmful substances that are inhaled by the body and will affect the value of the oxygen saturation in the blood. This study aimed to petition was to determine the relationship of the degree of smoking with oxygen saturation levels in the blood. The study was an observational study with a cross-sectional design. The sample in this study amounted to 90 people were taken through purposive sampling method, measurement in research using measuring devices such as Brinkman index to measure the degree of smoking while using oxygen saturation value measurement tools oximetry measuring pulse. From the results of the test to get the correlative Somers'd p <0.05 on the relationship between the degree of smoking with oxygen saturation values. There is a relationship between the degree of smoking with oxygen saturation levels in the blood.
The care of older people has become an important issue due to increased life expectancy and improved quality of life. The escalating problem of multiple chronic conditions among elderly draws public health attention due to increasing proportion of the elderly population. Conditions such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, stroke, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, are the leading causes of death worldwide. Periodic medical check up is an important way to reduce or control the severity of these chronic diseases in elderly people. Community-based health intervention is needed to improve awareness of continuing visit to elderly health post. The aim of this project is to conduct health screening in elderly in Surakarta. This activity is carried out on a collaboration between Study Program of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta and Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret.
Hipertensi merupakan kejadian dimana tekanan darah seseorang menunjukkan angka diatas normal. Hipertensi sering disebut penyakit silent killer atau pembunuh diam-diam.Hipertensi itu sendiri didefinisikan sebagai kondisi dimana terjadi peningkatan tekanan darah sistolik ≥ 140 mmHg dan tekanan darah diastolic ≥ 90 mmHg. Hipertensi sering disebut sebagai penyebab utama gagal jantung, stroke, dan gagal ginjal. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif deskriptif, yang bertujuan untuk memberikan gambaran tentang fenomena dan memperoleh gambaran yang jelas menggunakan kata-kata dan angka. Penelitian ini menggunakan data yang dikumpulkan melalui kuisoner (angket) untuk mengetahui permasalahan .Berdasarkan assessment pengetahuan mengenai hipertensi sebelum penyuluhan diperoleh hasil berupa 4 orang (33%) memiliki pengetahuan dalam kategori kurang, 6 orang (50%) memiliki pengetahuan dalam kategori cukup, dan 2 orang (16,5%) lainnya memiliki pengetahuan dalam kategori baik Edukasi dan penyuluhan hipertensi ini memiliki dampak yang baik dalam membantu meningkatkan pengetahuan anggota komunitas mengenai penyakit hipertensi.
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability in the elderly. OA can cause chronic pain, disability, and the patient's quality of life. This study aimed to determine the biopsychosocial factors affecting functional disability and depression in patients with OA in
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