了解贫困城市社区远程医疗的获取障碍和机会
Joseph-Kevin Igwe1, Caylynn Yao2, Ugo Alaribe3
1Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
概括
将远程医疗整合到社区中心可以改善华盛顿特区服务不足的人群的医疗保健准入和质量,解决心理健康资源和更好的护理协调需求.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 远程医疗远程医疗
背景情况:
- 失去后续和有限的及时护理机会增加了应急服务对可预防的情况的利用率.
- 华盛顿特区服务不足的社区 (第7和第8病房) 的医疗补助受益人需要可访问和一致的医疗保健解决方案.
- 整合远程医疗为改善这些社区的医疗保健提供提供了可行的方法.
研究的目的:
- 评估基于社区的远程医疗服务在华盛顿特区服务不足地区的可行性和影响.
- 确定7和8病房居民关于远程医疗的具体医疗需求和偏好.
- 为可持续远程医疗系统融入现有医疗保健模式提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在病房7和8以及邻近的华盛顿特区社区的居民进行了COVID-19流行前的调查.
- 该调查收集了有关人口统计,远程医疗知识和利用,医疗保健准入和远程医疗服务意见的数据.
- 一个项目旨在建立知识,能力,并测试以社区为中心的远程医疗服务的可行性.
主要成果:
- 在华盛顿特区第7和第8区及周边地区的居民中收集了223份调查答复.
- 远程医疗整合解决了在低收入社区对心理健康资源,护理协调和文化能力护理的需求.
- 调查结果表明,人们对更方便,以健康素养为重点的远程医疗服务有需求.
结论:
- 基于社区的远程医疗服务可以有效地满足华盛顿特区服务不足的人口的医疗保健需求.
- 将远程医疗整合到社区中心可以降低成本,改善护理的准入和质量.
- 需要对评估策略进行进一步的研究,以支持可持续的远程医疗整合.
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