Asare Elliot A, Cowan Lauren, Onega Tracy
Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
J Surg Oncol. 2024 Dec;130(7):1502-1508. doi: 10.1002/jso.27844. Epub 2024 Aug 27.
The dimensions of healthcare access includes availability, accessibility, accommodation, affordability, and accessibility. Many patients face significant barriers to accessing oncologic care and subsequently, health outcomes are suboptimal. Telehealth offers an opportunity to mitigate many of these barriers to improve health access and outcomes. This review discusses how telehealth can be leveraged to improve healthcare access in surgical oncology while also highlighting important challenges to realizing the full potential of this mode of healthcare delivery.
医疗保健可及性的维度包括可获得性、可达性、适应性、可承受性和易接近性。许多患者在获得肿瘤护理方面面临重大障碍,因此健康结果并不理想。远程医疗提供了一个机会来减轻其中许多障碍,以改善医疗保健的可及性和结果。本综述讨论了如何利用远程医疗来改善外科肿瘤学中的医疗保健可及性,同时也强调了充分发挥这种医疗服务模式的全部潜力所面临的重要挑战。