Williams Olwen E, Elghenzai Salah, Subbe Chris, Wyatt Jeremy C, Williams John
Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales, UK.
Ysbyty Gwynedd, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales, UK.
Future Healthc J. 2017 Jun;4(2):109-114. doi: 10.7861/futurehosp.4-2-109.
Digital technologies such as telemedicine have the potential to transform healthcare, but uptake has only recently gained momentum secondary to national policy drivers. This paper reviews the potential benefits of telemedicine in secondary care and explores the use of video conferencing to support the hospital follow-up of older people with chronic disease, identifying a wide variety of issues that need to be addressed for successful implementation. We believe these issues will interest secondary care colleagues considering the use of telemedicine to support or substitute for some outpatient activities.
远程医疗等数字技术有潜力改变医疗保健，但直到最近，在国家政策推动下，其应用才开始加速。本文回顾了远程医疗在二级医疗保健中的潜在益处，并探讨了使用视频会议来支持对患有慢性病的老年人进行医院随访的情况，识别出成功实施该技术需要解决的各种各样的问题。我们认为，这些问题会引起考虑使用远程医疗来支持或替代某些门诊活动的二级医疗保健同仁的兴趣。
