Application of telemedicine in elderly population
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2016.10.020
- VernacularTitle:远程医疗在老年人群中的应用
- Author:
Haiyan XIE
;
Xuehan ZHANG
;
Xuefeng NI
;
Hong JIANG
;
Dongjing LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Elderly;
Telemedicine
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2016;15(10):805-808
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
With the emerging of aging society and advances of information sciences, telemedicine has gradually become a new medical model.Telemedicine can be used in health monitoring, disease diagnosis, counseling, education, chronic disease management and long-term care in elderly population;particularly in management of chronic heart failure, diabetes and other chronic diseases, as well as in referral and continuous medical care.To promote telemedicine in the elderly population can break the physical limitations of different health care settings, so that geriatrician and the allied team members are enable to maximize their values in providing corresponding health services.This article reviews the progress of telemedicine in foreign countries, which would be of reference value for development of telemedicine for elderly people in China.
