About telemedicine «patient to Doctor».

Throughout 2016, the legislative initiatives on inclusion of telemedicine into everyday medical practice were actively discussed. During the discussion, besides the classic telemedicine segment «doctor-doctor», telemedicine segment «patient-doctor» was highlighted, it is a new direction, hardly described in the literature. This area covers a wide range of issues, associated with remote human interaction with the health system (including the Internet, medical gadgets, personal monitors and others). In the article, there was an attempt of the holistic description of telemedicine segment «patient-doctor» with an emphasis on the most popular technologies, as well as their technological and organizational features that allow for the integration of remote interaction with the patient in a overall information space of healthcare.

Authors: Zingerman B. V. [1] Shklovsky-Kordi N. E. [1] Vorobiev. A. I. [1]

Tags: electronic document management2 legislative control1 personal health record (phr)1 remote monitoring3 telemedicine17