here are 59,492,276 people living in rural areas in the U.S., according to the United States Census Bureau, 3 percent out of the general population are individuals who are 65 years and over. Public transportation is almost unheard of in rural areas. Medical care is only accessible in some places and absents in others, and cell phone service is also unreliable. While the population is small, these areas have less-direct access to vital healthcare resources. With that being said, telemedicine plays a significant role in providing clinical care at a distance, especially for senior citizens.
Telemedicine is the use of satellite technology, web conferencing and data transferring through phones and the Internet to connect doctors to patients at long …show more content…
Not only that it has benefited patients living in the cities, it also has a no arguable impression on those who live in rural communities. Many of these benefit receivers appear to be senior citizens. However, with the lack of technology skills, most of the patients are not able to effectively utilize these advantages. The goal of this proposal is to develop an appropriate package of enabling telemedicine for elderlies who live in rural areas, in this case, the main attack is on the households that owned internets.
It is understandable that it is hard for senior citizens to learn new technologies, not to mention it is extremely difficult to convince unwilling senior technophobic clients to adopt telemedicine tools. The first step to solve this issue is to lead those technophobic clients to accept the use of telemedicine. There has been a lot of successful cases of those who benefit from enabling technologies for medical treatments or consultations. With the use of these new technologies, not only that it provided the ease of communication between doctors and patients at a distance, but it also limited the time spent on traveling. The second step is to overcome
Telemedicine is the use of satellite technology, web conferencing and data transferring through phones and the Internet to connect doctors to patients at long …show more content…
Not only that it has benefited patients living in the cities, it also has a no arguable impression on those who live in rural communities. Many of these benefit receivers appear to be senior citizens. However, with the lack of technology skills, most of the patients are not able to effectively utilize these advantages. The goal of this proposal is to develop an appropriate package of enabling telemedicine for elderlies who live in rural areas, in this case, the main attack is on the households that owned internets.
It is understandable that it is hard for senior citizens to learn new technologies, not to mention it is extremely difficult to convince unwilling senior technophobic clients to adopt telemedicine tools. The first step to solve this issue is to lead those technophobic clients to accept the use of telemedicine. There has been a lot of successful cases of those who benefit from enabling technologies for medical treatments or consultations. With the use of these new technologies, not only that it provided the ease of communication between doctors and patients at a distance, but it also limited the time spent on traveling. The second step is to overcome