Telemedicine and health policy: A systematic review

Kruse, Clemens Scott; Williams, Kelly; Bohls, John; Shamsi, Waleed

doi:10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.10.006

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“…Health policies and telemedicine are interconnected and for telemedicine to be effective, regulated and fair between patients, health policies should be drafted and applied. Telemedicine offers innumerable healthcare advantages including easy access, convenience, self-efficacy, cost-cutting, and improvement in the overall population health ( 54 ). These advantages should encourage policy makers to enforce regulations that minimize the obstacles of telemedicine.…”

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Telemedicine and Telementoring in Urology: A Glimpse of the Past and a Leap Into the Future

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Telemedicine is the process of utilizing telecommunications and digital relay to perform, teach, or share medical knowledge. The digital era eased the incorporation of telemedicine to different areas of medical care, including the surgical care of Urologic patient mainly through telementoring, telesurgery, and telerobotics. Over the years, Telemedicine has played an integral part in a physicians' ability to provide high quality medical care to remote patients, as well as serve as an educational tool for trainee physicians, in the form of telementoring. During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has played a vital role in combatting the health implications of confinements. Challenges of telemedicine implementation include cost, ethical considerations, security, bandwidth, latency, legal, and licensure difficulties. Nevertheless, the future of telemedicine, specifically telementoring, promises several improvements and innovative advancements that aim to bridge the gap in technological divides of urologic care. In this review, we build on what is already known about telemedicine focusing specifically on aspects related to telementoring, telestration, and telesurgery. Furthermore, we discuss its historical role in healthcare with a special emphasis on current and future use in urology.

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Telemedicine and Telementoring in Urology: A Glimpse of the Past and a Leap Into the Future

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“… 12 Kruse et al recommended that the policy making should be applied in order to use telemedicine to particularly those in rural area. 13 Other studies also recommended a protocol to diagnose a new case, consultation and follow-up in oral medicine practice, especially for patients in rural area and compromised patient whom under care. 8 , 12 , 14 …”

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Telemedicine Among Oral Medicine Practitioners During COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Future Impact on the Specialty

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Almaziad²,

Al-Hamad³

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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic necessitated widespread changes in delivery of dental care. Telemedicine utilization increased overnight during this pandemic because of its ability to enhance access to oral healthcare, easily link to remote area, time management, low cost, etc. We aimed to identify the utilization of telemedicine among oral medicine practitioners in Saudi Arabia during COVID-19 pandemic and identify future impacts, potential challenges and barriers hindering the implementation of telemedicine. Methods The present cross-sectional electronically self-administered supplement-based survey Supplement Based Survey study was conducted among different professional levels of oral medicine involving consultants, specialists, and residents. The supplement includes demographic data, the current use of telemedicine, participant’s perspective on future implications, and potential barriers and limitations of telemedicine. Internal consistency was measured using Cronbach’s alpha (α) to assess how closely related a set of items in our study. Results Of the total (N = 75) oral healthcare professionals, 52% were male, 70.7% were Saudi, 45.3% were consultant, 42.7% had 1–5 years of experience, 82.7% were practicing in urban areas, 93.3% stated COVID-19 affected their clinics, consultation was the major reason for the use of telemedicine before (50.7%) and during (72%) COVID-19 outbreak, 57.3% were communicating with their patients, 97.33% had not experienced any cyber risk, and 45% patients were satisfied with the telemedicine service; our data showed a high level of homogeneity (α = 0.82). The poor knowledge and training on telemedicine technologies may substantially (p < 0.05) impact the future implications of telemedicine in oral medicine practice. Conclusion Telemedicine could be a useful adjunct for oral medicine practice, especially for remote diagnosis, consultation, referral, training and education. Our study emphasizes an urgent need to increase the awareness and education on how to utilize and practice telemedicine technologies among medical staff to maximize the efficiency.

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“…Typically, almost every country provides a primary healthcare service plan under public health policy for citizens and residents. So the healthcare service plan offers benefits to the members by physically accessing healthcare facilities or public hospitals [ 10 ]. In addition to the public health policy, some countries provide workers' compensation programs, including medical treatments for work-related injuries or occupational illnesses.…”

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The Design Blueprint for a Large-Scale Telehealth Platform

Poonsuph¹

2022

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications

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Technological innovation plays a crucial role in digital healthcare services. A growing number of telehealth platforms are concentrating on using digital tools to improve the quality and availability of care. Virtual care solutions employ not only advanced telehealth technology but also a comprehensive range of healthcare services. As a result, these can reduce patient healthcare costs as well as increase accessibility and convenience. At the same time, the healthcare service provider can leverage healthcare professionals to get a better perspective into the needs of their patients. The objective of this research is to provide a comprehensive design blueprint for a large-scale telehealth platform. Telehealth is the digital healthcare service combining online services and offline access for healthcare facilities to offer various healthcare services directly to patients. This design blueprint covers the digital healthcare ecosystem, new patient journey design for digital health services, telehealth functionality design, and an outline of the platform infrastructure and security design. Ultimately, telehealth platforms establish a completed digital healthcare service and new ecosystem that provides better care for every patient worldwide.

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Telemedicine and health policy: A systematic review

Cited by 39 publications

References 48 publications

Telemedicine and Telementoring in Urology: A Glimpse of the Past and a Leap Into the Future

Telemedicine and Telementoring in Urology: A Glimpse of the Past and a Leap Into the Future

Telemedicine Among Oral Medicine Practitioners During COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Future Impact on the Specialty

The Design Blueprint for a Large-Scale Telehealth Platform

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