Arora Saanvi
IEEE Pulse. 2020 Sep-Oct;11(5):24-27. doi: 10.1109/MPULS.2020.3022143.
Citizens' dissatisfaction with the scope of the United States health care system has been a hot topic for many years. In a country where patient to nurse ratios remain 6:1, even universal health care coverage cannot guarantee adequate patient care. These issues were further highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, where inadequate hospital funding and lack of attention to patients led to challenging situations in hotspot areas. Although this pandemic will shape us for many years to come with far reaching impacts, social distancing norms have accelerated technologies that enable services to be delivered remotely, a capability even more necessary in our health care system. By providing care that can be delivered remotely, we can focus in-person care in our hospitals to only the ones who really need it. This allows us to scale our systems, protect lives, and safeguard economic activity.
多年来，公民对美国医疗保健系统范围的不满一直是热门话题。在一个医患比例仍为6:1的国家，即使实现全民医保覆盖也无法保证提供足够的患者护理。新冠疫情进一步凸显了这些问题，医院资金不足以及对患者缺乏关注导致热点地区出现了严峻局面。尽管这场疫情在未来许多年都会对我们产生深远影响，但社交距离规范加速了能够实现远程服务的技术发展，而这种能力在我们的医疗保健系统中更为必要。通过提供可远程提供的护理，我们可以将医院的面对面护理仅集中于真正需要的患者身上。这使我们能够扩大系统规模、保护生命并保障经济活动。
