Question

Name and describe a new technology that can increase access to healthcare, lower costs, and even improve the quality of care. How does it alter the traditional delivery of care and Name three or more different categories of patients - geographically, clinically, or otherwise - who have benefited already from the application of this new technology. Identify at least three concerns or caveats that remain to be addressed regarding its usage.

Answer 1

Lot of modern technology has been developed in the health care system. One of the important advancement in health care system is arrival of the technology telemedicine.

Telemadicine

Telemedicine is the process of distribution of health care services to remote places by using electronic devices. In this technology physician consult the patient via HIPAA containing vedio conferencing tool. The physical presence of patient is absent in telemedicine. This technology is very useful for patient who live in remote places, that have limited access to health care.

Telemedicine arrived in 1950 at some area of the world but now more advancement is occurring in telemedicine.

Services provided by telemedicine

:provision of primary health care.

:advice the patient .

:remind the patient about health status.

:health education.

:evaluation of care.

Benefits of telemedicine

For patient

:easy access to health care services.

:reduce the cost of health care services.

:improve privacy of patient .

:reduce contact with infectious patient in a hospital.

:it is time consuming .

Benefits for health care providers

:save office time.

:avoid missed appointment.

:provision of detailed explanation .

:reduce the cost of health care services.

:improve the quality of care

Draw back of telemedicine

:reduction in interpersonal communication.

:it is not useful in severe diseases condition.

:unclear legal regulations.

:it affect the continuity of care and difficulty to evaluate the progress of care.

:defficulty in reimbursement for insurance claim.

In traditional delivery of care is taking place by the patient take appointments to physician and consult the doctor and doctor prescribe the treatment .even for minor ailments the patient need to visit the physician. This traditional delivery of care cause lack of access to care in people who lived in a rural or highly remote areas ,there have lack of availability of health care facility and health care personal .traditional delivery of care cause increase cost of health care.

Categories of patient who get benefited from telemedicine

:the people live in remote areas.___ The remote areas having lack of health care facility and lack of availability of health care personal are one of the burden for accessing health care. The people who lived in that area is not getting adequate health care services at correct time .The telemedicine help to overcome this problem by easy access to health care services via vedio conferencing.

:patient under the treatment for chronic condition ____telemedicine is useful to treat chronic condition like diabetes Mellitus and hypertension.

:patient from poor socioeconomic status __telemedicine is helpful for patient with poor income. Because the cost of health care services are less compared to direct medical care. Minor disease can be treated by telemedicine.