Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic.
Third Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2022 Jun;30(2):131-135. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a7458.
Telemedicine, as a health service provided remotely, is increasingly becoming a common part of health care. Telemedicine is defined as "an umbrella term for health activities, services and systems operated remotely through information and communication technologies to promote global health, prevention and health care, as well as education, health management and health research". It also describes telemedicine as "the provision of services where distance is a critical factor, using information and communication technologies to exchange valid information for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injury, for research and evaluation, and for the continuing education of healthcare providers to improve the health of individuals and communities". Both definitions imply that two of the hallmarks of telemedicine include the use of communication and information technologies to overcome distance as a critical factor, a factor that is well known to us, not least from the recent months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance medicine can thus act as a tool for improving access to health care and also complement health care itself in a very appropriate way.
远程医疗作为一种远程提供的医疗服务，越来越成为医疗保健的常见组成部分。远程医疗被定义为“通过信息和通信技术远程运作的健康活动、服务和系统的总称，以促进全球健康、预防和保健，以及教育、健康管理和健康研究”。它还将远程医疗描述为“在距离成为关键因素的情况下提供服务，利用信息和通信技术交换有效信息，用于疾病和伤害的诊断、治疗和预防，用于研究和评估，以及用于医疗保健提供者的继续教育，以改善个人和社区的健康”。这两个定义都意味着远程医疗的两个特点包括利用通信和信息技术克服距离这一关键因素，这是我们大家都非常熟悉的，尤其是在最近几个月的 COVID-19 大流行期间。因此，远程医疗可以作为改善医疗服务可及性的工具，并且可以非常恰当地补充医疗本身。
