Telehealth Advantages And Disadvantages
What is telehealth ? telehealth is a collection of means or methods for enhancing health care, public health and health education delivery and support using telecommunications technologies . It also ecompasses a broad variety of technologies and tactics to deliver virtual medical , health , and education services. While on the other hand telemedicine is the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology. Telehealth uses computer assisted telecommunications to support management , surveillance, literature , and access to medical knowledge , while telemedicine uses telecommunications solely to diagnose and treat patients. Telehealth is much broader in scope than telemedicine. It covers remote health care
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Telemedicine has pros and cons . some of the pros are , 1) Convenience. Penciling in a lunch-hour visit with your physician can prove challenging, especially when a can't-miss conference call absorbs the bulk of your afternoon. Telemedicine eases this problem. 2) Less time in the waiting room. We've all flipped through the same year-old issue of Usor People while waiting our turn to see our primary care physician or dentist. 3)Cost-efficiency. An increasing number of doctors are charging less for a telemedicine consultation than they would for an in-person visit.4)Expedited transmission of MRIs or X-rays for a second opinion. Perhaps you're buried under a business proposal deadline and are unable to get a second opinion about your thyroid condition. 5)Privacy assurance. Telemedicine complies with HIPAA laws, which aim to prevent private or secure medical documents from being leaked. Telemedicine also has some down sides . 1)Electronic glitches. Technology is only as reliable as the electrical current that keeps it running. Inclement weather and other annoyances can cause a power outage or disrupt an internet connection, complicating online consultation with a doctor. 2) Physician resistance. The bulk of resistance comes from doctors struggling to comfortably use the new technology, but this hesitance only extends so far, says Dunmire. 3) Inadequate assessment. While
Telemedicine has pros and cons . some of the pros are , 1) Convenience. Penciling in a lunch-hour visit with your physician can prove challenging, especially when a can't-miss conference call absorbs the bulk of your afternoon. Telemedicine eases this problem. 2) Less time in the waiting room. We've all flipped through the same year-old issue of Usor People while waiting our turn to see our primary care physician or dentist. 3)Cost-efficiency. An increasing number of doctors are charging less for a telemedicine consultation than they would for an in-person visit.4)Expedited transmission of MRIs or X-rays for a second opinion. Perhaps you're buried under a business proposal deadline and are unable to get a second opinion about your thyroid condition. 5)Privacy assurance. Telemedicine complies with HIPAA laws, which aim to prevent private or secure medical documents from being leaked. Telemedicine also has some down sides . 1)Electronic glitches. Technology is only as reliable as the electrical current that keeps it running. Inclement weather and other annoyances can cause a power outage or disrupt an internet connection, complicating online consultation with a doctor. 2) Physician resistance. The bulk of resistance comes from doctors struggling to comfortably use the new technology, but this hesitance only extends so far, says Dunmire. 3) Inadequate assessment. While