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Virtual Medicine through the lens of a physician - Coggle Diagram
Virtual Medicine through the lens of a physician
Definitions
Telehealth
The term Telemedicine refers specifically to the treatment of various medical conditions without seeing the patient in person. Providers used platforms such as video, audio or messaging services to provide care remotely
Virtual Medicine
A Broad term that encompasses all the ways healthcare providers remotely interact with patients. In addition to telehealth services, this may include in person visit, remote monitoring of vitals, or responding to questions remotely.
Physician perspective/Advantage
Three "Modes" of telehealth
Asynchronous - when data, images, or messages are recorded to share with the doctor later
Remote patient monitoring - when measurements such as weight or blood pressure are sent to the health care provider
Synchronous - when the doctor communicates with the patient in real time via computer or telephone
Telehealth advantages
Use of Online Portal for care
Sharing information
Having a virtual visit
Recording measurements
Care coordination
Email or text alerts reminders
At home monitoring for various conditions
Virtual medicine/telehealth
When we speak of virtual medicine, we often are actually referring to Telehealth. This has obviously blossomed in the time of COVID 19 when in person visits were decreased significantly and a need for remote healthcare become imperative
Telehealth disadvantages
Not all visits are able to be performed remotely, there are still patient populations that need in person examinations to complete care
Cyber security and health data
Insurance coverage for virtual care. Some services may have out of pocket expense
Factors associated with telehealth satisfaction physician/patient relationship
Patients are able to communicate properly
Physicians/Patients feel comfortable using equipment
Physician/Patient enjoy video visits
Video visits can be as good as in person visits
Video visits save time
Satisfaction with technology
Patients prefer to use video visits
Physician able to perform sufficient clinical examination
Provider patient relationship unimparied
Ethical considerations
Globalization of medicine, need for standards in regards to virtual care as it expands. (ex. Someone from Australia could seek care of a specialist in U.S.) how does that look with standards/billing/legal
Expensive of VR and augmented reality systems and therapy could impact or expand healthcare disparities
VR could lead to superior results in certain scenarios, shifting patients and physicians to areas of excellence, causing health care disparities
Responsibility of virtual systems creators, autonomy without legislative oversight could cause issues
Providing care to a large amount of people. License issues depending on physical location of patient
Data Storage/risk of data being stolen. We have seen this with hackers stealing data and not allowing health care systems access until ransom is paid
Future directions
surgical robots
physician training
haptic systems integration
Research and therapy
Autonomous systems for rehabilitation of people
Autonomous educational systems
Complex software for virtual research
hologram images/uses
VR simulation for complex life threating scenarios
Widespread adoption of telehealth
adoption of VR/telehealth by non medical organizations (ex apple smart watch and applications)
government involvement to decrease digital divide in terms of telehealth/virtual medicine
Remote at home monitoring
post surgical care at home with remote monitoring, reduction of hospital length of stay