Sinha Ranjeet Kumar, Sinha Sony, Nishant Prateek, Morya Arvind Kumar, Singh Arshi
Department of Community Medicine, Patna Medical College, Patna 800004, Bihar, India.
Department of Ophthalmology-Vitreo-Retina, Neuro-Ophthalmology and Oculoplasty, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna 801507, Bihar, India.
World J Methodol. 2025 Jun 20;15(2):100632. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i2.100632.
We hereby comment on the interesting systematic review by Grewal where they have provided an overall picture of the current status of available tele-health programs in the United States with emphasis on the Amazon Clinic. Their analysis is an appreciable effort in discovering the features available and features lacking in these tele-health programs. The concept of tele-health originated to curtail the need for physical attendance of patients at health clinics, and has been beneficial during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. We implore that the pearls and pitfalls of these programs have to be understood by policymakers prior to forming a consensus regarding the availability, accessibility and affordability of these programs as methods of healthcare delivery. Unrestricted proliferation of tele-health programs in their current form may pose threats to patient and provider safety and medicolegal liability. However, patients and providers must work together to improve them to meet their expectations and enable them to provide the best care for the ailing public.
我们在此对Grewal进行的有趣的系统评价发表评论。在该评价中，他们概述了美国现有远程医疗项目的现状，重点介绍了亚马逊诊所。他们的分析是一项值得称赞的工作，旨在发现这些远程医疗项目的现有特征和不足之处。远程医疗的概念起源于减少患者前往健康诊所亲自就诊的需求，在2019年冠状病毒病大流行期间发挥了作用。我们恳请政策制定者在就这些项目作为医疗服务提供方式的可用性、可及性和可负担性达成共识之前，必须了解这些项目的优点和缺陷。当前形式的远程医疗项目不受限制地扩散可能会对患者和提供者的安全以及法医学责任构成威胁。然而，患者和提供者必须共同努力改进这些项目，以满足他们的期望，并使其能够为患病公众提供最佳护理。
