Different applications of telemedicine - assessing the challenges, barriers, and opportunities- a narrative review.

Barriers challenges health care medical telecare telecommunications telemedicine

Journal

Journal of family medicine and primary care
ISSN: 2249-4863
Titre abrégé: J Family Med Prim Care
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101610082

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Historique:
received: 14 06 2021
revised: 27 10 2021
accepted: 13 12 2021
entrez: 2 5 2022
pubmed: 3 5 2022
medline: 3 5 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Telemedicine (TLM) is a technique of telecommunication used to create, promote, or accelerate health services. Because of its societal significance, the current study attempted to demonstrate its essential applications in the health sector and the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities that lie ahead. Various studies and reports were received based on the subject of the current study, first using MeSH terms related to the subject in authentic and available international databases. After that, 30-related articles were selected based on the study criteria, and then the required results were extracted from the selected studies. The study results showed that TLM has a significant role in more than 13 major areas of health and treatment, and in most of these areas, it has made the relevant affairs easier for both patients and medical staff. Although TLM has many advantages, it still has obstacles and challenges requiring further studies to manage this technology better. Given the high importance of the TLM in the health sector in most countries worldwide, efforts are needed to promote this technology and remove the obstacles in front of it. Therefore, further evaluations of TLM efficiency in terms of economics, speed of action, effectiveness, and the provision of infrastructure are necessary to overcome the obstacles highlighted based on the results of these studies and improve the efficiency of using this technology.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1638_21 PMID: 35495787 PMC: PMC9051697
pubmed: 35495787
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1638_21
pii: JFMPC-11-879
pmc: PMC9051697
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

879-886

Commentaires et corrections

Type : ErratumIn

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

There are no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Faria Jafarzadeh (F)

Assistant Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.

Faezeh Rahmani (F)

Master Student of Information Technology Management, Faculty of Management, Accounting & Economics, Payamnoor University of Tehran, Iran.

Farhad Azadmehr (F)

Msc in Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty Member, Boukan Nursing Faculty, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.

Mojgan Falaki (M)

Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Daneshjou Blvd, Velenjak, Shahid Chamran Highway, Iran.

Mahboubeh Nazari (M)

Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Daneshjou Blvd, Velenjak, Shahid Chamran Highway, Tehran, Iran.

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