Use of Telemedicine Technologies in Diabetes Prevention and Control in Resource-Constrained Settings: Lessons Learned from Emerging Economies
Use of Telemedicine Technologies in Diabetes Prevention and Control in Resource-Constrained Settings: Lessons Learned from Emerging Economies
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10.1089/dia.2019.0038
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发表时间：
2019-06-01
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5.4
通讯作者：
Mohan, Viswanathan
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作者：
Pradeepa, Rajendra;Rajalakshmi, Ramachandran;Mohan, Viswanathan
远程医疗是一种很有前途的战略，它利用电信在偏远地区提供医疗保健，促进保健提供者与农村地区人民之间的有益互动，并使世界上偏远、人迹罕至的地区能够获得负担得起和可获得的医疗保健。本文概述了远程医疗在社区层面改善糖尿病护理结果的一些方法。远程医疗可以在推动高质量的糖尿病护理方面发挥许多作用。它目前正被用于在城市和农村人口中提高对糖尿病风险因素和预防的认识；促进患者监测；用于远程糖尿病视网膜病变筛查；以及在初级、二级和三级糖尿病预防中。我们还强调使用自动人工智能软件与远程医疗相结合，在目前没有此类设施的偏远地区对糖尿病视网膜病变等并发症进行有效的实时筛查。
Telemedicine is a promising strategy that utilizes telecommunication to provide health care in remote areas, facilitating beneficial interaction between the health care provider and people in rural areas and making affordable and accessible medical care available to remote, inaccessible areas of the world. This article provides an overview of some of the ways telemedicine is improving diabetes care outcomes at the community level. Telemedicine can play a number of roles in moving quality diabetes care forward. It is currently being used to create awareness among urban and rural population about the risk factors and prevention of diabetes; to facilitate patient monitoring; for remote diabetic retinopathy screening; and in diabetes prevention at the primary, secondary, and tertiary level. We also highlight the use of automated artificial intelligence software combined with telemedicine to conduct efficient real-time screening of complications such as diabetic retinopathy in remote areas where such facilities are currently unavailable.