Opportunity for Innovation: Experiences in Implementing Telehealth Services to Enhance Access to Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic in Sri Lanka: A Case Study
Abstract:Telehealth is the delivery of health-related services and information using electronic information and communication technologies. Telehealth enables the health service providers to connect with a remote patient to provide care, advice, reminders, education, intervention, monitoring and facilitates remote admissions. Due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions, disruptions in access to healthcare were observed in Sri Lanka. Therefore, a telehealth solution to connect patients where specialist medical doctors w… Show more
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