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).