Telehealth and COVID-19: Using technology to accelerate the curve on access and quality healthcare for citizens in India.

ABSTRACT: The current COVID-19 pandemic has reinstated the importance of telehealth as a business model for accelerating the accessibility of healthcare and improving the quality of healthcare for citizens of a country. Telehealth service has a tremendous potential in a developing country like India where the healthcare facilities in India are heavily concentrated in urban cities while their majority (67%) of the population resides in rural areas. At the same time, a high teledensity of almost 90% supports telehealth overall reach. However, the growth of telehealth in India till now has been sluggish but the corona virus (COVID-19) crisis has redefined the telehealth ecosystem by reducing the risk of infection through person-to-person contact. In this study, we explore the perception of healthcare u

SUBMITTER: Bhatia R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8008321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature