Nurses play a critical role in telemedicine, and healthcare organizations should actively engage them with interdisciplinary teams to develop practical procedures and policies that integrate telemedicine into daily practice. They should also dedicate appropriate space for telemedicine equipment for efficiency. Finally, health providers should understand the laws and regulations that impact their practices to avoid obstacles they encounter.

Telemedicine in Healthcare

Thank you for your post. I agree with you. Telemedicine is a healthcare technology that has developed due to external pressures and technological advancements and has improved efficiency and convenience in healthcare delivery. The adoption of telemedicine in nursing care delivery is facing certain challenges, such as an uncertain regulatory environment, limited user knowledge of the technologies used, as well as concerns over user privacy (Khemapech et al., 2019). However, the benefits of the use of telemedicine outweigh any concerns and are a motivation towards finding solutions to such challenges and concerns.

Telemedicine is proving to be a solution to all factors impacting healthcare utilization and patient health outcomes, including timely access to healthcare services and costs of care. The convenience of delivering healthcare services to patients in the comfort of their homes contributes to the reduced costs of care. Using telemedicine means that the need to travel to the hospital is eliminated, eliminating transport-related care costs. Regarding the convenience and comfort aspects of telemedicine, patients have unlimited access to nurses and other healthcare providers whenever needed, regardless of their geographical location. In fact, the use of telemedicine has proved to be a sustainable solution to overcome geographical and cultural barriers, especially in the delivery of healthcare to rural and remote places (Ellis & Russell, 2019). The convenience of healthcare delivery and access also enables healthcare providers to conduct timely disease assessments for better treatment planning with the potential to improve patient and disease outcomes. Additionally, telemedicine has the potential to establish personal patient-provider relationships that can improve the experiences of the patient and their family, especially in the management of chronic diseases or unintended disease outcomes.

References

Ellis, M. J., & Russell, K. (2019). The potential of telemedicine to improve pediatric concussion care in rural and remote communities in Canada. Frontiers in Neurology, 10(JUL), 840. https://doi.org/10.3389/FNEUR.2019.00840/BIBTEX