Telemedicine in Healthcare: Research, Ethics and Implementation Plan

This presentation delves into the realm of telemedicine within healthcare informatics, focusing on its advancements, particularly in the context of a Progressive Care Unit. It explores the remote delivery of healthcare services, including assessments, consultations, and treatments facilitated by technologies like video conferencing and smartphones. The presentation analyzes the significance of telemedicine, examining research on its impact on mortality, length of stay, and costs. It also addresses ethical and legal considerations, presents a plan for implementing changes, including necessary training programs, and evaluates the feasibility and financial aspects of such changes. Finally, it identifies how future public policy and technological advancements could shape the future of telemedicine and the healthcare industry.

Informatics in
Healthcare
“Telemedicine”

 Telemedicine bring
advancement
 Remote delivery of
healthcare services
 Healthcare assessments
and consultations through
telecommunication
infrastructure
 Evaluation, diagnosis and
treatment of patients
possible through
technologies
 Video conferencing, real-
time communication
Telemedicine

 Progressive Care Unit – combination of
cardiac and pulmonary patients
 There are advanced medical care extended
to establish relationship through tele-
medical processes
 Video conferencing and use of smart
phones without need for in-person visit
 Data collected for sugar level, blood
pressure through medical devices
Relationship of telemedicine
with current practices

 Distance and convenience is a huge factor
 Patients need to seek emergency or primary
health service from medical clinics
 The symptoms manifested have to be
reported accurately
 Video conferencing and smart phone uses
make attainment of primary care from
physicians simple
Significance of telemedicine in healthcare

 Impact of Telemedicine on Mortality, Length
of Stay, and Cost Among Patients in
Progressive Care Units: Experience From a
Large Healthcare System
 Impact on clinical events and healthcare
costs of adding telemedicine to
multidisciplinary disease management
programmes for heart failure: Results of a
randomized controlled trial
Scholarly article insight relating
to telemedicine

 Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act
of 2010:
 Telemedicine allows patient protection and
affordable care domain to be undertaken
 Live video care from centre of connected
health policy promotes telemedicine
(Armaignac et al. 2018).
Ethical or legal issues related to telemedicine or
informatics in healthcare

 Needs identified:
 Patient blood sugar
level
 Blood pressure
 Heart rates
 Breathing trouble
 Pulmonary rates
Plan of implementing
change

 For becoming savvy
to technologies
 Handling smart
phones
 Conducting multiple
channel conferences
 Merging physician
with patient direct
communication
 Attaching reports
Training programs:

 For success in program
of change effective
knowledge distribution
 Training of employees,
healthcare staffs and
patients are necessary
 Effective treatment
advise and healthcare
intervention have to be
suggested
Success through change:

 Telemedicine is that sector where cost
regulated healthcare systems carry out.
 There are insurance plans suggested for
patients to obtain such benefits
 The government reimbursements help
schedule costs for patients
 Budget friendly treatment services are
extended
Financial responsibility for change

 Smart speakers enable role of telemedicine
 Virtual interaction gets facilitated
 No need to travel and time spending
 Reducing cost
Feasibility of the change

 Health choices are becoming better
 Easy attainment of health appropriateness
 Diversified outlook among patients
 Encouraged positive lifestyles (Comín-Colet
et al. 2016)
Change in public policies and technological advances in future

 Satisfied outcomes
among patients
 Healthcare
effectiveness
 Encouraging cost
effective and time
saving healthcare
services
What such changes mean to the
healthcare industry?

 Armaignac, D. L., Saxena, A., Rubens, M., Valle, C. A.,
Williams, L. M. S., Veledar, E., & Gidel, L. T. (2018). Impact
of telemedicine on mortality, length of stay, and cost
among patients in progressive care units: Experience from
a large healthcare system. Critical care medicine, 46(5),
728.
 Comín-Colet, J., Enjuanes, C., Verdú-Rotellar, J. M., Linas,
A., Ruiz-Rodriguez, P., González-Robledo, G., ... &
Bruguera, J. (2016). Impact on clinical events and
healthcare costs of adding telemedicine to
multidisciplinary disease management programmes for
heart failure: Results of a randomized controlled
trial. Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 22(5), 282-295.
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