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Healthcare Professionals’ Specialists’ Perception of Telemedicine in Romania—A Quantitative Study of Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations
Background: Telemedicine is the service of delivering medical care from a distance through the means of modern technology. It has many advantages, including improved access, decreased costs for both patients and clinics, more flexibility and availability, as well as more precise and individualized t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10252726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37297692 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111552 |
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author | Andronic, Octavian Petrescu, George E. D. Artamonov, Andrada Raluca Bolocan, Alexandra Rădăvoi, Daniel Bran, Mihai Stănescu, Ana Maria Alexandra Jinga, Viorel Busnatu, Ștefan |
author_facet | Andronic, Octavian Petrescu, George E. D. Artamonov, Andrada Raluca Bolocan, Alexandra Rădăvoi, Daniel Bran, Mihai Stănescu, Ana Maria Alexandra Jinga, Viorel Busnatu, Ștefan |
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description | Background: Telemedicine is the service of delivering medical care from a distance through the means of modern technology. It has many advantages, including improved access, decreased costs for both patients and clinics, more flexibility and availability, as well as more precise and individualized therapies. However, it is equally important to take into consideration all the challenges associated with this innovative way of providing care. This virtual technology has had an exponential growth, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, because it delivers great outcomes and suggests exciting future promises. Methods: The study involved the collection of responses from an online questionnaire comprising 26 questions that was distributed to healthcare professionals in Romania. Results: The questionnaire was completed by a number of 1017 healthcare professionals. We investigated and analyzed whether telehealth is seen as an important constituent of the healthcare system, if it is perceived as necessary, safe, well-managed by lawmakers, and easy to use, what advantages it has, what common practices specialists already employ and, additionally, the openness toward becoming more digitally educated for the purpose of streamlining the use of telemedicine. Conclusions: This paper reports on the perception of telemedicine among healthcare professionals in Romania, as constructive feedback represents an essential piece of the puzzle in assuring the smooth transition toward this facet of modern healthcare. |
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spelling | pubmed-102527262023-06-10 Healthcare Professionals’ Specialists’ Perception of Telemedicine in Romania—A Quantitative Study of Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations Andronic, Octavian Petrescu, George E. D. Artamonov, Andrada Raluca Bolocan, Alexandra Rădăvoi, Daniel Bran, Mihai Stănescu, Ana Maria Alexandra Jinga, Viorel Busnatu, Ștefan Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: Telemedicine is the service of delivering medical care from a distance through the means of modern technology. It has many advantages, including improved access, decreased costs for both patients and clinics, more flexibility and availability, as well as more precise and individualized therapies. However, it is equally important to take into consideration all the challenges associated with this innovative way of providing care. This virtual technology has had an exponential growth, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, because it delivers great outcomes and suggests exciting future promises. Methods: The study involved the collection of responses from an online questionnaire comprising 26 questions that was distributed to healthcare professionals in Romania. Results: The questionnaire was completed by a number of 1017 healthcare professionals. We investigated and analyzed whether telehealth is seen as an important constituent of the healthcare system, if it is perceived as necessary, safe, well-managed by lawmakers, and easy to use, what advantages it has, what common practices specialists already employ and, additionally, the openness toward becoming more digitally educated for the purpose of streamlining the use of telemedicine. Conclusions: This paper reports on the perception of telemedicine among healthcare professionals in Romania, as constructive feedback represents an essential piece of the puzzle in assuring the smooth transition toward this facet of modern healthcare. MDPI 2023-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10252726/ /pubmed/37297692 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111552 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Andronic, Octavian Petrescu, George E. D. Artamonov, Andrada Raluca Bolocan, Alexandra Rădăvoi, Daniel Bran, Mihai Stănescu, Ana Maria Alexandra Jinga, Viorel Busnatu, Ștefan Healthcare Professionals’ Specialists’ Perception of Telemedicine in Romania—A Quantitative Study of Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations |
title | Healthcare Professionals’ Specialists’ Perception of Telemedicine in Romania—A Quantitative Study of Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations |
title_full | Healthcare Professionals’ Specialists’ Perception of Telemedicine in Romania—A Quantitative Study of Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations |
title_fullStr | Healthcare Professionals’ Specialists’ Perception of Telemedicine in Romania—A Quantitative Study of Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations |
title_full_unstemmed | Healthcare Professionals’ Specialists’ Perception of Telemedicine in Romania—A Quantitative Study of Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations |
title_short | Healthcare Professionals’ Specialists’ Perception of Telemedicine in Romania—A Quantitative Study of Beliefs, Practices, and Expectations |
title_sort | healthcare professionals’ specialists’ perception of telemedicine in romania—a quantitative study of beliefs, practices, and expectations |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10252726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37297692 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111552 |
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