Application of Telemedicine Services Based on a Regional Telemedicine Platform in China From 2014 to 2020: Longitudinal Trend Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine that combines information technology and health care augments the operational model of traditional medical services and brings new opportunities to the medical field. China promotes telemedicine with great efforts, and its practices in the deployment of telemedicine platforms and delivery of services have become important references for the research and development in this field.

Objective

Our work described in this paper focuses on a regional telemedicine platform that was built in 2014. We analyzed the system design scheme and remote consultations that were conducted via the system to understand the deployment and service delivery processes of a representative telemedicine platform in China.

Methods

We collected information on remote consulta

SUBMITTER: Cui F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314158 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature