Telemedicine Application and Analysis - Healthcare Report - Analysis

This report analyzes the application of telemedicine in healthcare, focusing on its role in improving patient care and treatment through advancements in technology. The report examines the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) and electronic health records (EHRs) and their impact on healthcare delivery. It discusses the implementation of telemedicine, including its ability to provide services in disaster events and rural locations. The analysis references a study by Torabi et al. (2016) that evaluated the use of telemedicine for stroke treatment, highlighting its potential for minimizing treatment time and improving cost-effectiveness. The report also addresses the limitations of the study, such as the inability to derive results from regional stroke teams and the lack of a generalized prescriptive framework. The conclusion emphasizes the benefits of telemedicine, including cost-effective strategies and the importance of an on-call stroke team, to fully utilize the technology's advantages.

Telemedicine distribution & weakness
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Introduction
Advances in healthcare information technology as patient portals, electronic medical records
(EMRs), electronic health records (EHRs), real-time coordination of patient care have led to
advancement of healthcare delivery (Froehle, 2014). Healthcare administration leaders along
with clinical staffs are devising ways to best implement, such technologies for betterment of
healthcare delivery. Telemedicine has provided patient care and treatment through advancement
in healthcare technology. Virtually interfacing with patients from a distance could allow delivery
of service in case of disaster events or rural locales. The scope of this analysis deals with
Analysis
The scope of article presented by Torabi, M.S., et. al (2016) was focused on evaluating
operational policies improving patient in population that receives intravenous recombinant
plasminogen activator (rt-PA) (Torabi, 2016). Telemedicine was applied to minimize treatment
time to patients, for providing cost-effective time efficacy treatment. Physicians were randomly
located in hospitals in regions based on their zip codes of work and residence.
Weakness related to the study was inability to derive results from regional stroke teams. The
study has not been able to provide any generalized prescriptive framework for universal
telestroke.
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Conclusion
Analysis from cost effective methods for deployment of telemedicine included evaluation of
multiple policies regarding on-time treatment. Deployment of telemedicine across regional
hospitals had high percentage of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator treatment. Evaluating
various cost-effective strategy concluded that central position of on-call stroke team physician
was the best. Application of on-going benefits of telemedicine will help fully benefit from the
technology.
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Reference Lists
Froehle, C. M. (2014). Interruption and forgetting in knowledge‐intensive service environments.
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Torabi, E. F. (2016). Monte Carlo simulation modeling of a regional stroke team's use of
telemedicine. Academic Emergency Medicine, 55-62.
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