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Benefits and drawbacks of telemedicine
Abstract
Telemedicine is a vast subject, but as yet there are limited data on the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of most telemedicine applications. As a result, objective information about the benefits and drawbacks of telemedicine is limited. This review is therefore based mainly on preliminary results, opinions and predictions. Many potential benefits of telemedicine can be envisaged, including: improved access to information; provision of care not previously deliverable; improved access to services and increasing care delivery; improved professional education; quality control of screening programmes; and reduced health-care costs. Although telemedicine clearly has a wide range of potential benefits, it also has some disadvantages. The main ones that can be envisaged are: a breakdown in the relationship between health professional and patient; a breakdown in the relationship between health professionals; issues concerning the quality of health information; and organizational and bureaucratic difficulties. On balance, the benefits of telemedicine are substantial, assuming that more research will reduce or eliminate the obvious drawbacks.
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- Authors
- Hjelm, N. M.
- Venue
- Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-03-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 60-70
- ISSN
- 1357-633X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-1109
- OpenAlex
- W2105348322
- Cited by
- 492
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 6.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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