Po Y M
Department of Nursing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.
J Telemed Telecare. 2000;6(5):263-7. doi: 10.1258/1357633001935888.
Diabetes mellitus is becoming a major public health problem. Despite enormous efforts to change the delivery of diabetes care, the outcome has not been entirely positive. In ignoring the role of assisting patients to improve their self-management, the effectiveness of diabetes care is likely to be compromised. However, telecommunication can improve the quality of diabetes care by altering the caring environment and care delivery process. Telemedicine has various applications in diabetes care, including as a method of increasing the efficacy of patients' self-management, which could lead to better control of glycaemia.
糖尿病正成为一个主要的公共卫生问题。尽管在改变糖尿病护理服务方面付出了巨大努力，但其结果并不完全乐观。忽视协助患者改善自我管理的作用，糖尿病护理的效果可能会受到影响。然而，电信技术可以通过改变护理环境和护理服务流程来提高糖尿病护理的质量。远程医疗在糖尿病护理中有多种应用，包括作为提高患者自我管理效能的一种方法，这可能会更好地控制血糖。
