Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47638
Title: The Patient Perspective of Telemedicine in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Altinisik Ergur G.
Nuhoglu S.
Cobanoglu C.
Sengul M.
Eryildiz N.
Ergur A.
Keywords: medical sociology
patient perspective
pulmonary medicine
telemedicine
video consultation
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Abstract: COVID-19 Pandemic might be considered as a catalyst for transformation in healthcare experience via the use of video consultation as a method for telemedicine. The aim of our qualitative study is to understand the patient perception of video consultations in telemedicine, which has been used by a single pulmonologist in only one university hospital in Turkey since the first three months of the pandemic. Research findings are essential when it comes to a more effective and widespread future use of telemedicine, as it focuses on patient experience about a medical technology that is newly introduced. Totally 30 patients were randomly chosen and interviewed who get healthcare support via telemedicine. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to learn the experiences and opinions of the interviewees. The expressions of the patients highlight some advantages of using telemedicine such as being free from risk of contagion caused by exposure in the hospital, being able to save time and money while reaching to the physician online whenever needed, and success in technical details even though they were experiencing it for the first time. A very few of the patients are feeling discomfort to be in front of the screen. Almost all patients are applicants to suggest to other individuals the system they used, in conditions to be appropriate, and continuity after the pandemic period. Since the pandemic has propagated from one patient, the worldwide implementation of telemedicine might be catalyzed by following in the footsteps of the sporadic examples of decisiveness nourished from patient experiences. © The Author(s) 2022.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02704676221094735
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47638
ISSN: 0270-4676
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