Garg Suneela, Gangadharan Navya, Bhatnagar Nidhi, Singh M M, Raina S K, Galwankar Sagar
Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India.
Director Professor, Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Sep 30;9(9):4516-4520. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_918_20. eCollection 2020 Sep.
Telemedicine and related e-health facilities facilitate care from a distance through electronic information systems. COVID-19 pandemic is establishing telemedicine in the health care delivery system of countries. Telehealth is contributing significantly in health care delivery during the COVID-19 crisis. For mild-to-moderate symptoms of COVID-19 or any illness, telehealth services might represent a better, efficient way to receive initial care and perform triaging. Telemedicine also has a significant role in screening for COVID-19 symptoms and delivering routine needs and follow-up care. The large-scale adoption of telemedicine in public health care delivery is still not visible in low- and middle-income countries like India. Adoption by patients and healthcare professionals is limited and their concerns need to be addressed to ensure its utilization in future of the care continuum. In the current paper, we aim to review recent measures of Telemedicine adopted during the course of pandemic and its impact on public health in lower-middle income countries like India.
远程医疗及相关电子健康设施通过电子信息系统实现远程护理。新冠疫情正在各国的医疗服务体系中确立远程医疗。在新冠疫情危机期间，远程健康在医疗服务中发挥着重要作用。对于新冠病毒感染或任何疾病的轻至中度症状，远程健康服务可能是接受初始护理和进行分诊的更好、更高效的方式。远程医疗在筛查新冠症状、满足常规需求以及提供后续护理方面也发挥着重要作用。在印度等低收入和中等收入国家，远程医疗在公共医疗服务中的大规模应用尚不明显。患者和医疗专业人员对其接受程度有限，需要解决他们的担忧，以确保在未来的连续护理中能够加以利用。在本文中，我们旨在回顾疫情期间采取的远程医疗最新措施及其对印度等中低收入国家公共卫生的影响。
