Following the COVID-19 pandemic, patients and healthcare providers were confronted with an urgent need to adapt to a completely unprecedented situation. As a result, many institutions and hospitals implemented technology-based systems with the main goal of reducing the health system burden. Telehealth specifically, has quickly become an important tool.
Successful establishment and implementation of a Digital Telemedicine IoMT Center requires strategic planning and consideration of: a) necessary infrastructure, b) costs and reimbursement, c) human factors, d) deployment of equipment and technology, e) creation of an advanced research group, f) creation of an advocacy/legal group, g) creation of an education group. Like most other industries, the health care sector is increasingly realising the transformative nature of IoT technologies, as advances in computing and processing power, wireless technology and miniaturisation drive innovation in connected medical device development.
While the worst of it may be behind us, the pandemic yet lingers and what remains in the question: what do patients and healthcare providers wish to see in regard to telehealth-based care? As key stakeholders, both patients and healthcare providers have an interest in being involved in and defining how healthcare will evolve moving forward however there is no established framework for how this can be realistically achieved.
This Research Topic aims to explore and highlight the telehealth needs of both patient and healthcare providers globally, as telehealth has moved from being an option to becoming an essential component of our health systems.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions focused on:
1. Patient telehealth needs
2. Healthcare provider telehealth needs and capacity
3. Technological proposals bridging the gap between patient and provider needs
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, patients and healthcare providers were confronted with an urgent need to adapt to a completely unprecedented situation. As a result, many institutions and hospitals implemented technology-based systems with the main goal of reducing the health system burden. Telehealth specifically, has quickly become an important tool.
Successful establishment and implementation of a Digital Telemedicine IoMT Center requires strategic planning and consideration of: a) necessary infrastructure, b) costs and reimbursement, c) human factors, d) deployment of equipment and technology, e) creation of an advanced research group, f) creation of an advocacy/legal group, g) creation of an education group. Like most other industries, the health care sector is increasingly realising the transformative nature of IoT technologies, as advances in computing and processing power, wireless technology and miniaturisation drive innovation in connected medical device development.
While the worst of it may be behind us, the pandemic yet lingers and what remains in the question: what do patients and healthcare providers wish to see in regard to telehealth-based care? As key stakeholders, both patients and healthcare providers have an interest in being involved in and defining how healthcare will evolve moving forward however there is no established framework for how this can be realistically achieved.
This Research Topic aims to explore and highlight the telehealth needs of both patient and healthcare providers globally, as telehealth has moved from being an option to becoming an essential component of our health systems.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions focused on:
1. Patient telehealth needs
2. Healthcare provider telehealth needs and capacity
3. Technological proposals bridging the gap between patient and provider needs
