Issues in the Adoption of Online Medical Care: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine, or online medical care, has gained considerable attention worldwide. However, it has not been widely adopted in Japan, and the detailed status of received and provided online medical care and the reasons for its lack of popularity remain unknown.

Objective

This study aims to investigate the current status of online medical care in Japan and the factors limiting its adoption from the perspective of both patients receiving and medical professionals providing online medical care.

Methods

In total, 2 nationwide questionnaire surveys were conducted. The first survey, targeting both patients and healthy individuals, screened approximately 40,000 participants among 13 million people. The participants were selected to match the age distribution of the

SUBMITTER: Sugawara Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11568393 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature