CHAPTER 10 : ECONOMICS
D.LOBLEY
New effective ways of delivering medical care is required to
control :
a) Rapid expansion of costs ( 25% / 10 years in US )
b) Growing demand from ageing
In spite that Technology is present and efficiency is directly
associated to the Information Society there are constrains that
limit the real use
a) Link to Economy
b) Link to Social acceptance
- No reimboursements
- Failure to desing mission oriented telemedicine
policies, this include :
- Lack of training personell
- Lack of knowledge link to Telemedicine
- Organizational problems ( see chapter 9 ) that
include
- Easy scheduling
- Easy use
- Efficient work enviroment
- Apropiate maintenance
- Satisfaction of participants
- Lack of phorums to discused Telemedicine on the
every-day work
- Failure link to Transfer Technology to achieve a critical
mass of users
- Lack of serious cost/benefit analysis
- Lack of clear active legislation policy as well
as promotion to use available standards
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Revisado: jueves, 05 junio 1997.
Con el soporte informático y de comunicaciones
del CICEI, Universidad
de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria