How We Can Reap the Full Benefit of Teleconsultations: Economic Evaluation Combined With a Performance Evaluation Through a Discrete-Event Simulation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, the rapid development of information and communications technology enabled by innovations in videoconferencing solutions and the emergence of connected medical devices has contributed to expanding the scope of application and expediting the development of telemedicine.

Objective

This study evaluates the use of teleconsultations (TCs) for specialist consultations at hospitals in terms of costs, resource consumption, and patient travel time. The key feature of our evaluation framework is the combination of an economic evaluation through a cost analysis and a performance evaluation through a discrete-event simulation (DES) approach.

Methods

Three data sets were used to obtain detailed information on the characteristics of patients, characteris

SUBMITTER: Huguet M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9166645 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature