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Telemedicine effects: cost, quality, and access
1Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
Journal of Medical Systems
|April 1, 1995
Summary
This study presents a framework to evaluate telemedicine's impact on healthcare costs, quality, and access. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of these factors from client, provider, and societal viewpoints.
Area of Science:
- Health Services Research
- Medical Informatics
- Health Economics
Background:
- First-generation telemedicine projects offer valuable lessons for current initiatives.
- Assessing telemedicine's multifaceted impact requires a structured approach.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an analytical framework for evaluating telemedicine's effects on healthcare.
- To examine the interconnectedness of cost, quality, and accessibility in telemedicine.
- To consider stakeholder perspectives (clients, providers, society) in the assessment.
Main Methods:
- Review of lessons learned from prior telemedicine implementations.
- Development of an analytical framework for assessing telemedicine's impact.
- Multi-perspective analysis incorporating clients, providers, and society.
Main Results:
- Telemedicine's effects on cost, quality, and accessibility are interdependent.
- A comprehensive assessment must integrate all three dimensions.
- Stakeholder perspectives are crucial for a complete evaluation.
Conclusions:
- The proposed framework enables a holistic evaluation of telemedicine.
- Understanding the interplay between cost, quality, and access is key to successful telemedicine adoption.
- Integrating client, provider, and societal views ensures a balanced assessment of telemedicine's value.