Authors
Stefano Omboni, Raj S Padwal, Tourkiah Alessa, Béla Benczúr, Beverly B Green, Ilona Hubbard, Kazuomi Kario, Nadia A Khan, Alexandra Konradi, Alexander G Logan, Yuan Lu, Maurice Mars, Richard J McManus, Sarah Melville, Claas L Neumann, Gianfranco Parati, Nicolas F Renna, Philippe Ryvlin, Hugo Saner, Aletta E Schutte, Jiguang Wang
Publication date
2022/1/1
Source
Connected health
Volume
1
Pages
7
Publisher
Europe PMC Funders
Description
During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has emerged worldwide as an indispensable resource to improve the surveillance of patients, curb the spread of disease, facilitate timely identification and management of ill people, but, most importantly, guarantee the continuity of care of frail patients with multiple chronic diseases. Although during COVID-19 telemedicine has thrived, and its adoption has moved forward in many countries, important gaps still remain. Major issues to be addressed to enable large scale implementation of telemedicine include:(1) establishing adequate policies to legislate telemedicine, license healthcare operators, protect patients’ privacy, and implement reimbursement plans;(2) creating and disseminating practical guidelines for the routine clinical use of telemedicine in different contexts;(3) increasing in the level of integration of telemedicine with traditional healthcare services;(4 …
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