Telemedicine

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Telemedicine

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Telemedicine

Telemedicine refers to the distant or remote provision of healthcare services like health

consultations or evaluations using telecommunications infrastructure (Finkelstein, Barr, Kothari,

Nace, & Quinn, 2011). Utilization of telemedicine permits health practitioners to diagnose,

assess, and treat patients without attending health units physically. There are three categories of

telemedicine: interactive, stored-and -forward, and remote or distant patient monitoring

telemedicine. Firstly, the telemonitoring (remote patient monitoring) permits intensive care of

patients with long-lasting or chronic disorders from their locality through the application of

portable medical systems that gather information concerning blood pressure and blood sugar

Telemedicine initiatives continue to play a crucial function in offering medical data and

services throughout time and space via communication or telecommunication devices or

technologies extending from robotics to telephone applications. The telemedicine enhances the

provision of healthcare services to medically underserved and geographically deprived or

disadvantaged populace, hence offering a higher health care quality and minimizing the expense.

It encourages the relationship between health practitioners and patients. Telemedicine reduces

the time patients consume when traveling to seek medication. In additionally, telemedicine

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initiatives align with transformations in public focus to increased access and integrate healthcare

services across organizations and patients through application of technology.

Strategic vision for increased accessibility of health care services in the next three

consumers over distance, thereby contributing fundamental tools and systems. Therefore, the

effectiveness of telemedicine in providing quality health services relies on health information

technologies (HIT).

Human resources

Application of telemedicine encompasses transformations at various levels in regards to

health organizations and healthcare providers. Nurses contribute to the most significant section

of healthcare providers, hence plays a substantial role in telemedicine application to increase its

countrywide accessibility. The utilization of specialist resources promotes patients’ accessibility

to telemedicine regardless of their geographical location (Finkelstein, Barr, Kothari, Nace, &

Quinn, 2011). The integration of technology into health practitioners’ daily life has the potential

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Business strategy

Increasing the accessibility of telemedicine throughout a nation requires extensive

health practitioners assist in implementing sharing culture between nurses, hence contributes to

Financial assistance

Consequently, effective regime initiatives or enterprises and financial assistance promote broader

and increased utilization of telemedicine within a country.

Legal standards

Telemedicine permits medical acts and linked remote health care procedures (Bates &

Bitton, 2010). Authorized standards improve coordination and collaboration among various

healthcare practitioners or nurses in the application of telemedicine, hence promoting patients

benefits.

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References

Bates, D. W., & Bitton, A. (2010). The future of health information technology in the patient-

centered medical home. Health affairs, 29(4), 614-621.

Finkelstein, J., Barr, M. S., Kothari, P. P., Nace, D. K., & Quinn, M. (2011). Patient-centered

medical home cyberinfrastructure: current and future landscape. American journal of

preventive medicine, 40(5), S225-S233.

Clinical decision assistance

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Quality preventions