Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
S Afr Med J. 2019 Feb 26;109(3):150-151. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i3.13812.
Technology is all around us. It helps us to be more productive every day. One of the main ways it does this is by automating processes that would otherwise have taken up our time. Doctors can leverage technology to help remove the burden of performing repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on seeing patients. This article deals with ways in which technology could be used for certain tasks such as renewing prescriptions. Using technology in such a way would fall under the concept of telemedicine. Local guidelines are assessed to ascertain whether the use of apps by patients in South Africa for healthcare advice by doctors would be legal.
技术无处不在。它每天都帮助我们提高生产力。它实现这一点的主要方式之一是自动化原本会占用我们时间的流程。医生可以利用技术来帮助减轻执行重复任务的负担，从而使他们能够专注于看诊病人。本文探讨了技术在某些任务中的应用方式，例如续方。以这种方式使用技术属于远程医疗的概念。评估当地的指导方针，以确定南非的患者使用应用程序向医生寻求医疗建议是否合法。
