Annotated Bibliography Delana, K., Deo, S., Ramdas, K., Subburaman, G. B. B., & Ravilla, T. (2023). Multichannel delivery in healthcare: the impact of telemedicine centers in southern India. Management Science, 69(5), 2568-2586. https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-023-02194-4 This article explores the establishment and effects of telemedicine facilities in southern India, particularly emphasizing the notion of multichannel delivery in healthcare. Telemedicine, the utilization of technology to deliver healthcare at a distance, has become increasingly popular globally, especially in areas with various healthcare obstacles. Southern India, with diverse healthcare requirements and little resources, is a relevant …show more content…
The analysis highlights the necessity for atonement in telemedicine practices to address these unintended outcomes through a narrative investigation. The paper discusses how telemedicine, seen as a way to overcome geographical obstacles and enhance healthcare accessibility, could unintentionally sustain inequalities. Haimi explains how technology knowledge, access to digital infrastructure, and socio-economic inequality might impact the fair distribution and use of telemedicine services. This investigation highlights the need to take into account wider socio-economic and environmental issues when implementing telemedicine. The narrative evaluation highlights the necessity of taking proactive steps to tackle the inequalities worsened by telemedicine. Haimi supports a detailed strategy that surpasses technology fixes to address the fundamental social factors influencing health. The review emphasizes the significance of focused initiatives to tackle inequalities in access to digital technology, healthcare education, and socio-economic resources. Moreira, A., & Santos, M. F. …show more content…
B. B., & Ravilla, T. (2023). Multichannel delivery in healthcare: the impact of telemedicine centers in southern India. Management Science, 69(5), 2568-2586. https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-023-02194-4 Haimi, M. (2023). The tragic paradoxical effect of telemedicine on healthcare disparities: a time for redemption: a narrative review. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 23(1), 1-10. https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4488 Moreira, A., & Santos, M. F. (2020). Multichannel interaction for healthcare intelligent decision support. Procedia Computer Science, 170, 1053-1058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.03.074 Moreira, A., Quintas, C., Guimares, T., & Santos, M. F. (2023). Multichannel Mobile Companions for Personalized Healthcare Opportunities and Challenges. Procedia Computer Science, 220, 838-843.
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Telehealth is the monitoring via remote exchange of physiological data between a patient at home and health care professionals at hospitals or clinics to assist with diagnosis and treatment. As our society ages and health care costs increase, government and private insurance payers are seeking technological interventions. Technological solutions may provide high quality healthcare services at a distance, utilize professional resources more effectively, and enable elderly and ill patients to remain in their own homes. Patients may experience decreased hospitalization and urgent care settings, and out of home care may not be required as the patient is monitored at home. However, no study has been able to prove telehealth benefits conclusively. This change in health care delivery presents new ethical concerns, and new relationship boundaries between health care professionals, patients, and family members. This paper will discuss telehealth benefits in specific patient populations, costs benefits of using telehealth, and concerns of using telehealth.
The purpose of telemedicine is to remove distance as a barrier to health care. While telehealth is an accepted resource to bridge the gap between local and global health care, integrating telehealth into existing health infrastructures presents a challenge for both governments and policy makers (HRSA, 2011). Today there are policy barriers that prevent the expansion of telehealth, including reimbursement issues raised by Medicare and private payers, state licensure, and liability and privacy concerns.
Among the main aims of health care reform and improvement is expanding healthcare access to different populations, which have been subjects to underserving for a long period. These include the poor, the previously uncovered, rural societies, and the minorities, to mention just a few. Great challenges definitely lie ahead, since several individuals start seeking access to the primary healthcare clinicians (Arnaert & Delesie, 2001). Telenursing assures to be a crucial tool to meet such needs. It refers to making use of the telehealth technology in conducting nursing practice and delivering nursing care. Because of the quick telemedicine technology adoption within the healthcare institutions, telenursing emerges as a fresh tool that provokes discussions
Implementing telehealth. support medical practice in rural/remote regions: what are the conditions for success? Implement Sci. 2006 Aug 24;1:18. Epub 2006 Aug 24.
During the progression of a stroke, nervous tissue is lost rapidly and permanently. This suggests that for stroke diagnosis and treatment, time is of the essence (Saver, 2006). Fortunately, telemedicine for stroke patients can help specialists to evaluate a patient immediately, while emergency assistance is on its way, significantly decreasing the likelihood of serious and life-threating effects. Telemedicine has been defined as the use of the transference of medical information remotely from one site to another using various electronic communication devices such as smart phones, web cams, robotic telepresence, and email (American Telemedicine Association, 2012). One common model for telemedicine is known as Hub and Spoke.
Moreover, specialist and other health care professionals are also able to expand their reach through telemedicine and telehealth. As a result, it can be said that both telehealth and telemedicine have a unique capacity that increases access to services for millions of people and professionals around the world. These advanced technological creations certainly serve their purposes, as they enhance social justice by giving individuals and populations a fair and equal opportunity to receive the best level of care to which everyone is entitled to. Furthermore, due to the implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) over the past decade, many health care institutions were able to provide seamless care and improve the speed and the quality of care given to the members of the public (Weinfeld, Davidson, and Mohan 2012). Weinfeld, Davidson, and Mohan (2012) expressed that there have been many improvements since EHRs were first introduced, especially among disadvantaged health care practices.
Patients can even communicate with their physician through the Patient Portal asking them any questions about their lab tests, diagnostics imaging, medications and any concerns they might have. Therefore, patients build an even greater bond and sense of trust with their doctor. The doctors can respond to patients even quicker, making it even more convenient then call each and every patient. Consequently, with the help of informatics systems, the healthcare world has drastically benefited because patients are treated with the best possible
Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another by using electronic communications to improve a patient’s clinical health status. This allows providers to be able to care for patients or give advice to other medical providers in a particular medical subspecialty or healthcare specialization where the recipient of that service is located at a different geographic location from that of the provider. Typically, such services originate from health care systems, hospitals or large medical group practices that employ a diverse collection of expert and highly experienced medical and healthcare specialists. The specialists communicate with patients and/or providers at physically separate locations using a variety of
Nursing is one of the most popular jobs around the world. Nursing care aims to provide optimum care for its patients. As technology has changed over the years so have job spectrum of nurses. Nurses may now be required to use technology when implementing care such as the use of electronic health record and Telehealth. Nursing Informatics in Trinidad and Tobago is relatively new and the exact definition of the job may differ according to health care system. The American Nurses Association defines the position as overseeing the integration of data, information and knowledge to support decision-making by patients and their healthcare providers. Despite it’s relatively new the Ministry of Health has visions and in some instance have been of converting patient records to electronic, E- Prescribing and Telehealth.
According to the American Telemedicine Association, telemedicine is defined as the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another through electronic communications in order to improve a patient’s clinical health status. Telemedicine consist of an increasing variation of both services and applications that uses video calling, wireless tools, emailing, and other additional forms of telecommunication technologies (ATA, 2012). Telemedicine includes primary care referral services, as well as specialist referrals, where the heath care professional provides a consultation with the patient. This consultation is done by the use of video calling or by diagnostic images and videos of vital signs of the patient along with their data being
TELEMEDICINE What exactly is telemedicine? According to the American Telemedicine Association, “Formally defined, telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient’s clinical health status. When we think about telemedicine, we think about the growing number of applications and the services using cameras, two-way video chats, electronic mail, smart phones, use of wireless tools and many useful forms of technology with telecommunications.
Telemedicine which also can be known as telehealth, e-health or virtual healthcare is one of newest technology in medical field in which it is the use of medical information in two-way interactive communication from one site to another between the patient and the physician at the distant site via electronic communication in order to improve a patient’s clinical health status. In telemedicine the use of interactive communications includes variety of applications and services such as audio and video equipment, video, email, smart phones, wireless tools and other telecommunications technologies. Telemedicine have been started out over 40 years ago in which they implement the health care services in hospitals extending care to patients in remote
Imagine the ability to obtain healthcare services from almost anywhere in the world where you have access to a phone or computer. Now, imagine being able to provide nursing assessments, diagnosis, treatments, and recommendations to your patients from your home to almost anywhere in the world. Lauren Stokowski (2008) noted in her article that one fourth of the United States has rural residents. That number may appear small in comparison to the urban residences; however, rural residents have a tendency to to have “higher poverty rates, larger percentage of elderly, and tend to be in poorer health”. Could telenursing be a solution?
It is pertinent to note that ICT gives room for technological convergence in that various communication channels or platforms are integrated in it. This has opened the way for health enlightenment in various forms such as podcasts, short videos, blogs and so on. The limitless coverage of the internet allows these enlightenment efforts to be accessed all over the world enhancing global health. The information system of any health center will not function effectively without Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In other words, ICT is the backbone of the current information system. Information can be transmitted within a couple of no time. The array of purveyor of information under ICT is extremely vast and this technology helps doctors, hospitals, the general public and all other medical care providers. It is pertinent to note that Pharmaceutical industry is the industry that enjoys the biggest benefits of ICT. All the medical data available helps in assessing the medical requirements, makes them aware of similar research being carried out in different parts of the world and in letting the world know about their developments Consequently, the advent of ICT has made