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Narayana Hrudayalaya Telemedicine
No. 258/A, Bommasandra Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk,
Bangalore 560 099 |
Tel: 080 - 7835203
Fax: 080 - 7835206
abhay.singavi@hrudayalaya.com |
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| Background |
| The idea is to demonstrate how telemedicine and its benefits being made available to the community in the rural and remote areas at large in a cost effective way to provide health assistance to people who are in need the most. |
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| Non availability of adequate number of resources and the challenge to overcome can possibly be done by (a) Making specialist services available in rural / remote healthcare settings and (b) Making critical care accessible to rural / remote areas. |
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| a. Making Specialist Services available in rural / remote healthcare settings: We can overcome the healthcare accessibility factor by building health infrastructures and manpower to meet the unmet needs, but it involves huge investment of both time and money. It also requires participation from both government and private healthcare players investing in healthcare activities individually or jointly. Redistribution of healthcare professionals at primary care is not possible due to non-availability of any legislation to direct physicians in private sectors to relocate to fulfill the absence in the rural areas. The concept of telemedicine is centered on this idea of seeking a specialist opinion available to both doctors in need for the some guidance and also to the patients. Telemedicine enables access to specialists for seeking their opinion in shorter time with accuracy, efficiency and precision. |
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| b. Making Critical Care accessible to rural areas / remote healthcare areas: The concept of telemedicine can be utilized in rendering quality patient care services with accuracy and efficiency for those suffering with life threatening situation. |
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