Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era: A chance to make a better tomorrow

Telemedicine use is increasing globally and in Pakistan. However, Pakistan faces unique challenges related to socioeconomic, geographic and perhaps political challenges. This is the time for Pakistan to create policies and protocols for ethical and efficient use of telemedicine. The goal of this man...

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Autor principal: Khan, Uzma Zubair
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Professional Medical Publications 2020
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Special Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7501017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32968418
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.3112
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description Telemedicine use is increasing globally and in Pakistan. However, Pakistan faces unique challenges related to socioeconomic, geographic and perhaps political challenges. This is the time for Pakistan to create policies and protocols for ethical and efficient use of telemedicine. The goal of this manuscript is to start a discussion, by encouraging questions, and identifying challenges for healthcare providers.
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spelling pubmed-75010172020-09-22 Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era: A chance to make a better tomorrow Khan, Uzma Zubair Pak J Med Sci Special Communication Telemedicine use is increasing globally and in Pakistan. However, Pakistan faces unique challenges related to socioeconomic, geographic and perhaps political challenges. This is the time for Pakistan to create policies and protocols for ethical and efficient use of telemedicine. The goal of this manuscript is to start a discussion, by encouraging questions, and identifying challenges for healthcare providers. Professional Medical Publications 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7501017/ /pubmed/32968418 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.3112 Text en Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era: A chance to make a better tomorrow
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title_fullStr Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era: A chance to make a better tomorrow
title_full_unstemmed Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era: A chance to make a better tomorrow
title_short Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era: A chance to make a better tomorrow
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7501017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32968418
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