Professor, Pharmacy Practice, St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Pharmacy student, St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Mo Med. 2020 Jul-Aug;117(4):303-309.
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine is increasingly popular and enables patients to obtain medical advice and treatment via electronic media (e.g., computer, telephone, or smartphone) without a prior doctor-patient relationship. Convenience, accessibility, and home delivery make DTC telemedicine attractive to patients. Concerns about DTC telemedicine include: a lack of regulation, transparency, and an established patient-provider relationship (physician and pharmacist). In future, researchers, providers, and insurers need to better understand the concerns and challenges that this new form of healthcare poses.
直接面向消费者的（DTC）远程医疗越来越受欢迎，使患者能够通过电子媒体（例如计算机、电话或智能手机）获得医疗建议和治疗，而无需事先建立医患关系。DTC 远程医疗的便利性、可及性和送货上门使其对患者具有吸引力。对 DTC 远程医疗的担忧包括：缺乏监管、透明度以及尚未建立的医患关系（医生和药剂师）。在未来，研究人员、提供者和保险公司需要更好地了解这种新形式的医疗保健所带来的问题和挑战。
