Care Decentralization With Telemedicine: Trends And Considerations

What is telemedicine?

What are the trends disrupting telemedicine?

Medical Tourism:

Before going abroad, patients often fail to do all the necessary tests beforehand or forget to bring existing results to a foreign doctor.

At home, it’s easier for local doctors to pick up treatment, while they can track all care and procedures that were done abroad.

Sometimes prescriptions from abroad are not locally supported; with telemedicine, home-based specialists can transmit them to local formulars or local devices.

Prescriptions from abroad are not supported at home or are not compatible with local devices.

After patients return home, they can receive a proper follow-up from a doctor.

EMR/EHR Integration:

Enhanced data security with blockchain:

Gamification:

Virtual reality disruption:

Final takeaway