Omboni, Stefano; Padwal, Raj S; Alessa, Tourkiah; Benczúr, Béla; Green, Beverly B; Hubbard, Ilona; Kario, Kazuomi; Khan, Nadia A; Konradi, Alexandra; Logan, Alexander G; Lu, Yuan; Mars, Maurice; McManus, Richard J; Melville, Sarah; Neumann, Claas L; Parati, Gianfranco; Renna, Nicolas F; Ryvlin, Philippe; Saner, Hugo; Schutte, Aletta E; ... (2022). The worldwide impact of telemedicine during COVID-19: current evidence and recommendations for the future. Connected health, 1, pp. 7-35. OAE Publishing Inc. 10.20517/ch.2021.03
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has emerged worldwide as an indispensable resource to improve the surveillance of patients, curb the spread of disease, facilitate timely identification and management of ill people, but, most importantly, guarantee the continuity of care of frail patients with multiple chronic diseases. Although during COVID-19 telemedicine has thrived, and its adoption has moved forward in many countries, important gaps still remain. Major issues to be addressed to enable large scale implementation of telemedicine include: (1) establishing adequate policies to legislate telemedicine, license healthcare operators, protect patients' privacy, and implement reimbursement plans; (2) creating and disseminating practical guidelines for the routine clinical use of telemedicine in different contexts; (3) increasing in the level of integration of telemedicine with traditional healthcare services; (4) improving healthcare professionals' and patients' awareness of and willingness to use telemedicine; and (5) overcoming inequalities among countries and population subgroups due to technological, infrastructural, and economic barriers. If all these requirements are met in the near future, remote management of patients will become an indispensable resource for the healthcare systems worldwide and will ultimately improve the management of patients and the quality of care.
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Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research > ARTORG Center - Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Saner, Hugo Ernst |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
Publisher: |
OAE Publishing Inc. |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
03 Mar 2022 10:09 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:12 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.20517/ch.2021.03 |
PubMed ID: |
35233563 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Africa America Asia Australia COVID-19 Europe m-health telehealth telemedicine |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/166317 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/166317 |
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