Telemedicine as an unexpected catalyst during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

IF 1.7 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Nepal Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.3126/nje.v12i1.42459

Mahendra Kumar, P. Rani, Binal Joshi, R. Soni, Anita Kumari, Kusum K Rohilla

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Abstract

Telemedicine that also known as the practice of medicine at a distance whereby information technology is used to ensure the delivery of medical care services. Telemedicine is not a new concept in the world and India.Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) started telemedicine in India during year 2001 as a pilot project and in year 2005 Ministry of Health and family welfare started full time program of telemedicine by connecting all major health institutions. Telemedicine is connecting people across border and culture. The need-based changes are coming in telemedicine sectors such as smart apps, involvement of private sector players and high intensity internet connections reaching to rural areas and difficult demographic locations. During Covid-19 pandemic telemedicine benefited people by supplying health information and consultation without breaching them without breeching physical contact restrictions. The ease of access to telemedicine applications, its low cost, and the lack of infrastructure requirements propelled to become the top choice in these dayswhere physical distancingconsidered the aforementioned, thus we can conclude that telemedicine is promising tool.

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在COVID-19大流行期间和之后，远程医疗是一种意想不到的催化剂

远程医疗也被称为远程医疗实践，利用信息技术确保医疗服务的提供。远程医疗在世界和印度都不是一个新概念。2001年，印度空间研究组织(ISRO)在印度启动了远程医疗试点项目，2005年，卫生和家庭福利部通过连接所有主要卫生机构，启动了远程医疗全日制方案。远程医疗将跨越国界和文化的人们联系在一起。基于需求的变化出现在远程医疗领域，如智能应用程序、私营部门参与者的参与，以及覆盖农村地区和人口分布困难地区的高强度互联网连接。在Covid-19大流行期间，远程医疗在不违反身体接触限制的情况下，通过提供卫生信息和咨询使人们受益。远程医疗应用程序的易于访问，其低成本，以及缺乏基础设施要求，推动成为当今物理距离考虑到上述因素的首选，因此我们可以得出结论，远程医疗是有前途的工具。

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期刊介绍： The Nepal Journal of Epidemiology is a international journal that encompasses all aspects of epidemiology. The journal encourages communication among those engaged in the research, teaching, and application of epidemiology of both communicable and non-communicable disease, including research into health services and medical care. Also covered are new methods, epidemiological and statistical, for the analysis of data used by those who practise social and preventive medicine. It provides the most up-to-date, original, well designed, well interpreted and significant information source in the multidisciplinary field of epidemiology. We publish manuscripts based on the following sections: 1.Short communications 2.Current research trends 3.Original research 4.Case reports 5.Review articles 6.Letter to editor