Author/Editor		Boko, Haris
Title		The assessment of telemedical procedures in countries of transition
Translated title		Ocena izvajanja telemedicinskih postopkov v državah na prehodu
Type		članek
Source		Radiol Oncol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 32, št. 4
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 423-7
Language		eng
Abstract		Different applications of the initial idea to overcome time and distance barriers in order to achieve satisfactory level of physical diagnosis and medical prognosis, are expanding so rapidly that telemedicine related procedures have became the utmost growing segment of health related markets. Telemedicine is not only use of telecommunications to assist in the delivery of health care but has significant social role in order to overcome various problems associated to demands of equal and adequate provision of medical services. Successful health policy leads to increased welfare through better health outcomes, great equity, more consumer satisfaction, and lower total costs than would occur in the absence of public action. managerial skills, technology assessment know-how and efficient transfer of technology is of fundamental value for better performance of health services, while such skills are in the shortest supply in all developing countries. Practical implementations of certain telemedical procedures are significantly biased by specific level of social development. These applications in countries in transtition should be assessed in order to accelerate the process of training, diversify health providers, raise significance of cost-benefit approach, and lead toward more efficient and less expensive health care system, while maintaining potentials to preserve the main virtue of the former health system, namely the widespread coverage of population.
Summary		Različni načini uporabe prvotne zamisli, kako premostiti časovne in prostorske prepreke in tako zagotoviti zadovoljivo raven fizične diagnoze in medicinske prognoze, se tako naglo množijo, da s telemedicino povezani postopki sodijo v najhitreje razvijajoče se področje na tržišču, ki pokriva zdravstvu spremljajoče dejavnosti. Telemedicina ne pomeni samo uporabe telekomuniacijskih sredstev, ki so koristen pripomoček pri nudenju zdravniške pomoči, temveč odigrava pomembno družbeno vlogo pri premagovanju raznih problemov, ki se porajajo ob povpraševanju po za vse enako dobrih in primernih zdravstvenih uslugah. Uspešna zdravstvena politika omogoča višje blagostanje družbe zaradi boljših uspehov zdravljenja, večjo pravičnost, večje zadovoljstvo uporabnikov zdravstvenih uslug in na sploh manjše stroške, kot bi bili sicer brez sodelovanja javnega sektorja. Poslovna sposobnost, tehnološki know-how ter učinkovit prenos tehnologij so osnovne zahteve, ki jih je treba izpolniti za uspešno izvajanje zdravstvenih uslug. Na žalost prav v deželah v razvoju takšnih usposobljenosti najbolj primanjkuje. Na izvajanje nekaterih telemedicinskih postopkov v praksi močno vpliva raven družbene razvitosti. Zato bi bilo potrebno oceniti izvajanje teh postopkov v državah na prehodu, da bi lažje pospešili usposabljanje, različno operdelili ponudnike zdravstvenih uslug, posvetili večjo pozornost razmerju med stroški in koristmi, in se preusmerili k učinkovitejšemu in cenejšemu zdravstvu ter obenem še naprej gojili potencijale za ohranitev učinkovitih vrednot prejšnjega zdravstvenega sistema, to je pokrivanje širokega obsega prebivalstva.
Descriptors		TELEMEDICINE HEALTH CARE HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES POLITICAL SYSTEMS