Tele-medicine
The use of tele-medicine services among public hospitals is not very common. Private hospitals areoffering tele-medicine services to their patients who do not want to go to hospitals due to the risks of infection or have health problems preventing them from going to hospitals or have  transportation problems. Legislation for telemedicine has just been announced. Teleconsultation  must be encrypted on a reliable platform and  the identity of the patient must be verified. Private hospitals are offering patient health packages and some packages can be tailored to meet patient needs.
Public: “we use tele-radiology and tele-pathology rarely. However, the use of telemedicine in public hospitals is limited.” Patients prefer face-to face interactions with physicians (Pubhosp5).
Private: “we are using tele-medicine applications but the system needs to be developed. We started tele-medicine applications through mobile health.” (Privhosp4).
Private: “In the future it is expected that most private hospitals switch to tele-medicine services. Therefore, there is a need for adjustment in private insurance policy. We provide wearable technologies to our patients to track any change in their blood pressure, body temperature, respiration rate. We also send the radiology team to their homes for ultrasound (Prvhosp5).