Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Telemedicine by Clinicians and Patients in Japan During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly worldwide. In Japan, the spread of COVID-19 was recognized and a state of emergency declared in April 2020. In response, public health interventions, such as discouraging people from leaving their homes unnecessarily, were enacted across the country. Under these circumstances, telemedicine has received a great deal of social attention, and it has become necessary to identify the perceptions of and attitudes toward telemedicine by clinicians and patients and to clarify the problems and advantages. Materials and Methods: Ten clinicians and 10 family members (if the patient was pediatric or elderly, a caregiver was included) were invited to participate in individual private interviews in 2020. All i

SUBMITTER: Wakimizu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8812287 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature