The introduction of telemedicine in the healthcare sector has changed the market tremendously. The whole scenario of rendering medical services has changed. Now people in anyemergency situations or in minor medical conditions can reach out for doctors within a few moments. Telemedicine saves lots of time of people who do not want to wait for doctors to show up or spend time in the hospital waiting rooms. Every Telemedicineapp solutions provider is striving to deliver smooth running and best software with up to date technology. Healthcare apps constitute more than 20%of the whole app development market and continue to grow further.
Telemedicine
Telemedicine has existence since 1900 where medical services were provided in remote parts of Australia using the radio. AN investor, Hugo Gernsback predicted about the remote medical services and termed it “teledactyl”. After the introduction of the internet and increased use of a Smartphone, these services have seen a rapid rise in the industry.
Telemedicine refers to rendering health-related services by using telecommunications and information technology to the people situated in remote and distant services. People use smart phones and mobile devices to communicate with doctors. Earlier these services were for the remotely based population who are underprivileged and lack medical services.
Challenges in telemedicine
Since the introduction of new technologies has enhanced the services of the healthcare sector in many way. There are several challenges that make the telemedicine stag behind in serving its purpose.
Liability: There is a liability on the healthcare providers to ensure quality services and proper healthcare to the patients. There are chances that the patient might not be able to get the same doctor for the treatment who was available earlier. The patients can be misdiagnosed with the unavailability of history and medical records of patients. The telehealth providers have also the risk of malpractice by the doctors, in terms of practicing out licensure.
License limitation: The doctors have a license to practice in a specific state. The regulation regarding the practice of medicine is not clear on telehealth grounds. There are possibility theta doctor perform telemedicine services to the patients that do not come under the licensed state. The regulations for practicing medicine vary from state to state and it is burdensome to implicate different telemedicine strategies for each state.
Reimbursement: Resolving the issues related to the reimbursement are still in evolution. this process is another challenge faced by telehealth providers for the practice.Establishing the telehealthcare includes lots of costs and takes up large up-front cost in the technology. There are strict medical regulations that allow only certain medicals services to reimburse in the rural and remote areas. The telehealth providers are formulating new strategies and methods to reimburse the cost of follow-ups and remote consultation.
Workflow: It is one of the major challenges of telemedicine, the workflow and training doctors and staff for the remote visits. The common situation occurs when the doctors do not want to spend or read patient reports at a timing not suited to them. There occurs documentation problem. Another challenge is to train doctors for delivering telehealth services, such as handling equipments for proper video consultation, drawing time schedule to pay a virtual visit to the patients.
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