TELEMEDICINE: BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNUTIES IN THE 21ST CENTRUY
Burdens and Benefits of Telemedicine
The burdens of telemedicine include reliance on technology, which is prone to electronic glitches resulting due to power outages and internet connections disruptions. Such glitches adversely affect the consultations with a healthcare provider. The technology also lays a burden on doctors who may be struggling to use the new technology in addition to the problem of inadequate assessment since the doctor cannot touch or feel the patient. The major benefits of the technology include improved quality of life, improved patient satisfaction with health services, and improved patient compliance with treatment plans, as well as decreased hospital utilization.
Info-Ethics Renaissance
Info-ethics in telemedicine are concerned with the nature and extent of the physician-patient relationship, the clinical risks associated with telemedicine, the standards of practice that those consultants should conform to, as well as the delineation of responsibility between teleconsultants. As such, patients should provide fully informed consent on the uses …show more content…
Clinicians using telemedicine should be professionally accountable with professional bodies clearly stating the standards of practice to which they should conform. The risks associated with telemedicine include tampering with personal privacy and autonomy, threats of integrity and quality of professional medical services as well as the possible loss of personal choice in how patients receive telemedicine services. The standards involved in telemedicine include the Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) 3.0 standard, which sets the minimum requirements for information objects, network environments, service classes and communication
Burdens and Benefits of Telemedicine
The burdens of telemedicine include reliance on technology, which is prone to electronic glitches resulting due to power outages and internet connections disruptions. Such glitches adversely affect the consultations with a healthcare provider. The technology also lays a burden on doctors who may be struggling to use the new technology in addition to the problem of inadequate assessment since the doctor cannot touch or feel the patient. The major benefits of the technology include improved quality of life, improved patient satisfaction with health services, and improved patient compliance with treatment plans, as well as decreased hospital utilization.
Info-Ethics Renaissance
Info-ethics in telemedicine are concerned with the nature and extent of the physician-patient relationship, the clinical risks associated with telemedicine, the standards of practice that those consultants should conform to, as well as the delineation of responsibility between teleconsultants. As such, patients should provide fully informed consent on the uses …show more content…
Clinicians using telemedicine should be professionally accountable with professional bodies clearly stating the standards of practice to which they should conform. The risks associated with telemedicine include tampering with personal privacy and autonomy, threats of integrity and quality of professional medical services as well as the possible loss of personal choice in how patients receive telemedicine services. The standards involved in telemedicine include the Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) 3.0 standard, which sets the minimum requirements for information objects, network environments, service classes and communication