Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access

The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the worldwide implementation of telemedicine because of the need for medical care for patients, especially those with chronic diseases. This perspective paper presents the current situation of telemedicine in Peru, showing advances in regulation, cases of success...

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Autores principales: Alvarez-Risco, Aldo, Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla, Yáñez, Jaime A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021
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Perspective Piece
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33999847
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0255
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author Alvarez-Risco, Aldo
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Yáñez, Jaime A.
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description The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the worldwide implementation of telemedicine because of the need for medical care for patients, especially those with chronic diseases. This perspective paper presents the current situation of telemedicine in Peru, showing advances in regulation, cases of successful implementation, and the current challenges. Access to health should be available to all, and more efforts need to be implemented to offer access to the internet to achieve high-quality telemedicine to all the vulnerable groups in Peru.
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spelling pubmed-82747642021-07-20 Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access Alvarez-Risco, Aldo Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla Yáñez, Jaime A. Am J Trop Med Hyg Perspective Piece The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the worldwide implementation of telemedicine because of the need for medical care for patients, especially those with chronic diseases. This perspective paper presents the current situation of telemedicine in Peru, showing advances in regulation, cases of successful implementation, and the current challenges. Access to health should be available to all, and more efforts need to be implemented to offer access to the internet to achieve high-quality telemedicine to all the vulnerable groups in Peru. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021-07 2021-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8274764/ /pubmed/33999847 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0255 Text en © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access
title Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access
title_full Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access
title_fullStr Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access
title_full_unstemmed Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access
title_short Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33999847
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0255
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