The Impact Of Telemedicine On Health, A Systematic...

Introduction To evaluate and study the impact of telemedicine in health, a systematic literature review was conducted. An electronic research through the University of Maryland library was done the articles selected dated from 2000 to 2014. A total of 12 articles was reviewed that dealt with clinical outcomes, efficacy, patient and provider satisfaction. Telemedicine as an emerging field can greatly improve the outcomes of healthcare thus resulting in decrease the delivery cost of healthcare. While the results of the studies are inconclusive on some of the areas, there are some strong supports for patient satisfaction. The literature reviews cost effectiveness, provider satisfaction, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes.†¦show more content†¦Several managed care organizations were represented. All of the organizations interviewed indicated that there is a market demand for complementary and alternative medicine such as Telemedicine. The study showed that while cost and clinical e fficacy were important, both of these were less important than market demand. This unexpected result show that consumer demands are actually more important in shaping the demand for telemedicine and should be used to pursue development of telemedicine among healthcare providers that will essentially lead to better reimbursement from health insurance companies (Whitten and Kuwahara, 2003). Whitten and Kuwara states that payers must answer both patients need and suppliers concerns of telemedicine cost Methods and Organization of the Report. Qualitative reports on 12 peer reviewed articles were researched through the University of Maryland to get information on the cost effectiveness, clinical efficacy, individual and provider satisfaction. The 12 articles printed dates ranged from 200 and 2014. The articles represented articles that have been published on the topic of telemedicine subject in various areas. The review articles began with searching the database looking for articles o n telemedicine and found a possible 100 articles on the topic and were narrowed down to just a few dozen that fit the standards the matter was searching for. Review of the