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Implementation of tele visit healthcare services triggered by the COVID-19 emergency: the Trentino Province experience.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health (09431853); Jan2022, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p77-92, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Aim: In response to the SARS-CoV-2 emergency, the Competence Centre on digital health 'TrentinoSalute4.0' has developed TreC_Televisita, a tele visit solution that meets the needs of the Trentino healthcare system and maintains high-quality patient–doctor interactions while respecting social distancing. This paper highlights how 'TreC_Televisita' was integrated into the Trentino healthcare system and its potential to become a structural and durable solution for the future local healthcare service provisioning. Subject and methods: This paper presents the multifactorial context that TreC_Televisita has faced for its implementation and the strategies adopted for its structural integration into the healthcare system. The analysis focuses on the main issues faced for the integration of the tele visits (e.g. privacy, payments) and how the context of TrentinoSalute4.0 permitted responding quickly to its implementation during the pandemic. It also describes how TreC_Televisita fits into the healthcare continuum from the organisational and technological standpoint, the end-user perspective and the barriers that could hamper the solution scalability. Results: TreC_Televisita has demonstrated to be a technological solution that can be contextualised for different clinical domains beyond SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, it has shown its potential to scale up the solution beyond the COVID-19 emergency to the whole healthcare provisioning system in the long term. Conclusion: Being a positive experience in the first months of its implementation, the long-term goal is to transform TreC_Televisita into a structural pillar of the Trentino healthcare system, setting the bases for a sustainable, win–win situation for all the stakeholders involved in healthcare service provisioning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of infectious disease transmission
MEDICAL consultation
ELECTRONIC data interchange
MOBILE apps
PUBLIC health
MEDICAL emergencies
SOFTWARE architecture
HUMAN services programs
WORKFLOW
RESEARCH funding
COMMUNICATION
DECISION making
INTEGRATED health care delivery
SOCIAL distancing
PATIENT-professional relations
MANAGEMENT
COVID-19 pandemic
TELEMEDICINE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09431853
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health (09431853)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154456798
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01609-8