Telemedince Changing the Healthcare Model

Telemedicine is the practice of treating patients remotely through telecommunication and information technology.

According to Derringer, this technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we receive medical attention, especially for people who live in rural areas and may not have ready access to a doctor or other medical professional.

Telemedicine not disruptive is changing the traditional medical and general health service model. The change is the gradual change of patients and normal people, through the passive “doctor doctor” mode to pay attention to their disease progress; in the future we should pay attention to their “no disease” or how to enjoy health.

This is the progress of society and the embodiment of the development of modern science and technology and the application of achievements.

Compared with traditional medical and health management practices, telemedicine introduces advanced communication technologies and smart products. As the American Academy of Medical Sciences in defining telemedicine: “Telemedicine is not a single technology or a decentralized combination of related technologies; on the contrary, telemedicine is a large and complex set of clinical medical practices, communication technologies, and operations.

As a comprehensive service, telemedicine integrates modern communication technology and network thinking to serve the society. Its frontiers include: How to use telemedicine to expand and expand with patients compared with existing and traditional medical and health services ( Customers) to capture the needs of patients. 

As a supplementary function of the existing medical service system, how to achieve pragmatic value-added services. From the needs of home healthcare to automated intelligent decision-making systems, telemedicine should highlight its capabilities, especially how to provide existing medical services to family patients or anywhere. 

The most promising telemedicine aids and products, including home disease monitoring systems and mobile intelligent robot systems, make the telemedicine service market no longer confined to countries, countries and possibly farther Africa.

Innovative technologies and innovations promoted by telemedicine include online consultation, real-time two-way video consultation, and remote information storage and transmission consultation services. 

When a new ecological environment is formed, members and institutions are seeking coexistence and winning together. These have also promoted new, segmented functional collaboration alliances in telemedicine services, such as the imaging telematics alliance focusing on clinical diseases; and the development and application of cutting-edge technologies in telemedicine collaboration organizations. 

Their purpose is clear: use the telemedicine service model to expand the market demand services (patient groups) more and more widely, improve medical results and health management quality, and of course hope to reduce or be relatively affordable. 

By establishing an effective coordination mechanism, or by reversing the ropes, including general practitioners, experts, nurses and assistants, family health management experts, policy regulatory agencies, etc., collaboration and a win-win situation can be achieved. In addition, telecommunications equipment and technical service providers are also support forces that cannot be ignored.

Telemedicine can be great for monitoring chronic conditions, saving both the patient and their doctor time while freeing up space in hospitals for patients with conditions that require more urgent and active attention.

So instead of having to drive hours away to meet with a certain specialist, patients could only need to drive to the nearest hospital or medical clinic to consult the same expert through the facility’s dedicated telecommunication equipment.

Telemedicine in a broad sense: use remote communication technology, holographic imaging technology, new electronic technology and computer multimedia technology to take advantage of the medical technology and equipment of large medical centers to provide remote medical information and services for poor medical and health conditions and special environments. 

It includes all medical activities such as remote diagnosis, remote consultation and nursing, remote education, and remote medical information services. In a narrow sense: it refers to telemedicine, including remote imaging, remote diagnosis and consultation, remote nursing and other medical activities. The development of this field abroad has been nearly 40 years old.

Reference: Would you be willing to see your doctor through a computer screen?

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