Healthcare Administration and Management

The responsibilities bestowed to me as a new healthcare official is to provide healthcare in my bucolic setup. As a way of achieving this, I am going to make use of telemedicine. Telemedicine refers to the situation whereby a health officer attends to a patient without physically meeting one another. The healthcare officer monitors the development of a patient remotely. It is sometimes referred to as ad telehealth. It is often achieved in rural settings where there are inadequate transportation means, lack of proper funding, and lack of mobility, among others. There exist certain advantages as well as disadvantages of telemedicine.

Advantages of Telemedicine

• It improves access to care.
• It makes sure there improved care delivery quality.
• It reduces the cost of quality care.
• It improves patient satisfaction and engagement.
• It improves the satisfaction of the provider.

Disadvantages of Telemedicine

• A health officer cannot test a patient via video conferencing.
• Some patients may lack accessibility to technological gadgets.
• It is also costly.
• Lack of proper knowledge of using video conferencing gadgets.
• Barriers from regulatory and industry.