Question

1A. Will the increased use of these tele-health technology tools be viewed as dehumanizing patient care, or will they be viewed as a means to promote more contact with healthcare providers and new ways for people to stay connected (as in online disease support groups), thereby creating better long-term disease management and patient satisfaction?

B. What types of resistance to new technologies might be evident among patients, caregivers, and nurses? What evidence and strategies might help to diminish these resistances?

Answer 1

A, Telemedicine has been shown to improve Quality,access and patient satifaction..It's great for people who need to travel long distances for taking treatment..New technologies are simply new tools humans using tools for long time..Today's 'Dehumanization' worry centers on documenting patient information on a computer..Because excessive emphasis occur while using paper chart..The impact of HIT on patient-centered care is highly variable..some studies finds that electronic medical records affect the patient doctor relationship..
? The health information portability and accountability(HIPAA) laid out privacy rules for electronic health information..but it has extraordinarily set of rules.The average age of Americans is steadily increasing with no slow down in sight..This population and their healthcare needs and more chronic conditions using telemedicine helps to avoid hospitalization..Reimbursement is commonly cited as a major barrier for telemedicine..
? Telemedicine has great value to improve health care,yet resistance from this professionals could prevent telemedicine's social value from being materialized..Individual use the negative consequences of target of resistance as the basis for their resistant attitudes of protest..People refuse to adopt changes when cause losses of control,resources or emotional stability which lead to perception of threat..Reduced autonomy,anxiety and cost is positivily associated with perceived threat..
?    The research finds that resistance to telemedicine among people can be explained by their perceived threat and controllability over telemedicine use..Government support weakens the effect of perceived threat but strengthens the effect of perceived controllability on telemedicine resistance..