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Challenges of the Healthcare Systems in promoting eHealth services during pandemic of Covid-19

M. Tsirintani

2024 · DOI: 10.1145/3673971.3674012
International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics · 0 Citations

TLDR

The challenges of Healthcare systems worldwide in promoting eHealth and telemedicine programs during the pandemic of Covid-19 are highlighted, providing directions for new action by health systems and country governments to resolve problems and gain the comparative advantages of eHealth use.

Abstract

The contribution of eHealth, and applications to the national health care systems of the countries is particularly important, with positive effects according the reviewing bibliography. It is characterized by efficiency with high quality rates and is the only solution for patients from remote areas to contact and access with the providers in the health system. This study is highlighting the challenges of Healthcare systems worldwide in promoting eHealth and telemedicine programs during the pandemic of Covid-19. The pandemic contributed significantly to the rapid and worldwide use of eHealth by the Health care systems where pre-pandemic healthcare delivery was based on physical doctor-patient contact. This resulted in the emergence of significant barriers to the use of eHealth, providing directions for new action by health systems and country governments to resolve problems and gain the comparative advantages of eHealth use.