Ali Furkhan, Kamila Vachana, Gowda Mahesh R, Srinivasa Preeti, Gowda Guru S, Math Suresh Bada
Dept. of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Spandana Health Care, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2020 Oct 7;42(5 Suppl):4S-10S. doi: 10.1177/0253717620959783. eCollection 2020 Oct.
The exponential growth of technology in the past few decades has benefitted the healthcare sector. Telemedicine is a newer advancement which is making healthcare affordable and more accessible to the needy in recent times. This article discusses how to set up telepsychiatry services, the procedure of telepsychiatry consultation, how to record and maintain the electronic health records, the potential challenges, ethical and legal aspects concerning telepsychiatry while ensuring the good practice guidelines, medical ethics, patient rights, and the minimum requirements as established by the Information Technology Act and the telemedicine practice guidelines (TPG) 2020 issued by the Indian Medical Council.
在过去几十年里，技术的指数级增长使医疗保健行业受益。远程医疗是一项较新的进展，它使医疗保健在近期变得更经济实惠，且更容易为有需要的人所获得。本文讨论了如何建立远程精神病学服务、远程精神病学咨询的程序、如何记录和维护电子健康记录、潜在挑战、远程精神病学在伦理和法律方面的问题，同时确保遵循良好实践指南、医学伦理、患者权利以及印度医学委员会发布的《2020年信息技术法案》和《远程医疗实践指南》（TPG）所规定的最低要求。
