8205University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
University of Victoria8205, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Healthc Manage Forum. 2022 May;35(3):135-139. doi: 10.1177/08404704211062575.
The pandemic has accelerated the move to virtual care. This has included remote monitoring and implementation of technologies that allow for patient care at home and assisted living for ageing in place. Technologies are available to help consumers to maintain their health and wellness. However, challenges associated with implementing virtual care remain. In this article, we describe some of these challenges, along with the need to develop new models for promoting effective and sustainable virtual care. This includes the need for integration of institutional efforts (eg, government and hospital) with emerging access to commercially available home technologies supplied to patients and citizens. The authors argue that consideration of a personal digital ecosystem and its relation to institutional digital health ecosystems is critical. The authors suggest virtual care be considered in the combined context of the person and healthcare system. Implications for future research directions for virtual care are discussed.
大流行加速了虚拟护理的发展。这包括远程监测和实施使患者能够在家中接受护理和在家中安享晚年的技术。有技术可以帮助消费者保持健康和活力。然而,实施虚拟护理仍然存在挑战。在本文中,我们描述了其中的一些挑战,以及需要开发新的模型来促进有效和可持续的虚拟护理。这包括需要将机构的努力(例如政府和医院)与向患者和公民提供的新兴商业上可用的家庭技术的获取相结合。作者认为,考虑个人数字生态系统及其与机构数字健康生态系统的关系至关重要。作者建议将虚拟护理视为人与医疗保健系统相结合的综合情况。还讨论了虚拟护理未来研究方向的意义。