Exploring healthcare providers' perspectives on virtual care delivery: insights into telemedicine services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rapid advancement of technology has led to a concurrent advancement of telemedicine, that is the delivery of medical services over a long distance using technological methods. The consistently growing numbers of COVID-19 cases warranted the use of telemedicine as an alternative method of care-delivery. This study aims to evaluate perceptions of healthcare services provided virtually among healthcare providers (HCPs) in Kuwait and to assess their acceptance and intention to implement such services.

Methods

An exploratory mixed methods design was conducted, where in phase one HCPs' perceptions towards telemedicine were explored through an online questionnaire and the quantitative data were summarized by descriptive analysis using SPSS. Scores for usefulness and

SUBMITTER: Abdelghany IK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10763041 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature