EXPERIENCE OF USING TELEMEDICINE TOOLS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE IN THE TERRITORY OF DONETSK REGION DURING MARTIAL LAW IN UKRAINE
Aim of the study is the analysis of medical care provision to the population of Donetsk region using telecommu-nications means. Material and Methods. In the study, a retrospective analysis of the telemedicine services provided to the population of the Ukraine-controlled territory of the Donetsk r...
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| Language: | English |
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Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
2024-10-01
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| Series: | Acta Medica Leopoliensia |
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| Online Access: | https://amljournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/402 |
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| Summary: | Aim of the study is the analysis of medical care provision to the population of Donetsk region using telecommu-nications means.
Material and Methods. In the study, a retrospective analysis of the telemedicine services provided to the population of the Ukraine-controlled territory of the Donetsk region in 2023 was carried out using data from the report on the work of the Municipal non-commercial enterprise "Regional Territorial Medical Association of Kramatorsk".
Results and Discussion. In the MNE "RTMA of Kramatorsk" in 2023, telemedicine consultations and outpatient services were provided remotely to patients in 8 areas: therapy, endocrinology, rheumatology, neurology, urology, nephrology, vascular surgery, and hematology. Overall, in 2023, the number of patients who received consultative medical care using telemedicine amounted to 6340 people. The results of the analysis of telemedicine services provided in certain specialties showed that most patients sought help in the field of endocrinology, namely more than a third of patients (35.03±0.60%). Rheumatology was slightly less frequently consulted: 27.46±0.56% of patients. Every tenth patient (10.43±0.38%) needed help in urology. In 2023, the lowest number of telemedicine consultations was conducted for patients with hematologic problems - 1.04±0.13%.
Conclusions. There is a consistently high demand from patients for the provision of telemedicine services by physicians of the following specialties: endocrinology, rheumatology, urology, therapy, neurology. Online communication for the provision of services in new specialties, in particular vascular surgery and hematology, is being actively implemented. During the year, the most frequent period of population requests for telecommunication medical assistance was in most cases the cold season (winter-spring season). |
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| ISSN: | 1029-4244 2415-3303 |