探索马来西亚远程医疗服务的兴起:一项回顾性研究
Jason Se Loo1,2, Hui Yin Yow3, Yi Yang Ten4
1School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Digital health
|November 29, 2023
概括
马来西亚社区药房的远程医疗服务在2019-2021年期间使用量增加,特别是电子处方辅助咨询,在2019-2021年期间使用量增加. 这一趋势突出显示了远程医疗.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 数字健康数字健康
- 社区药房实践 社区药房实践
背景情况:
- 马来西亚的远程医疗服务激增,特别是在COVID-19大流行期间,提供了可访问的医疗保健.
- 关于马来西亚社区药房的远程医疗使用模式,用户人口统计和药物趋势的研究有限.
- 本研究通过在这种特定环境中检查远程医疗利用来解决这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查马来西亚社区药房中远程医疗服务的使用情况.
- 为了确定远程医疗用户的人口资料.
- 通过远程医疗咨询来确定常见的诊断和处方药物.
主要方法:
- 来自马来西亚社区药房的远程医疗服务记录的回顾性观察研究 (2019年1月 - 2021年12月).
- 数据提取包括服务使用情况,用户人口统计,诊断 (ICD-10) 和药物 (ATC系统).
- 分析的重点是辅助与直接咨询的趋势以及与COVID-19病例的相关性.
主要成果:
- 分析了超过835,000个远程医疗记录,其中辅助咨询 (88.8%) 占主导地位.
- 主要用户群包括马来西亚人 (96.9%),平均年龄为50岁.
- 在三年内观察到独特用户的显著增加,与COVID-19病例数量有适度的相关性.
结论:
- 马来西亚社区药房越来越多地使用远程医疗服务,可能成为医疗保健系统的永久特征.
- 需要进一步的研究来评估远程医疗对药物安全,护理质量和整体医疗保健服务的影响.
- 调查结果强调了数字健康解决方案在社区药房设置中的日益重要.
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